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Somogyi, Peter Arrival at Auschwitz
Peter Somogyi arrived in mid-afternoon in the cattle cars [Annotator's Note: after a horrible three day journey in a...
Weiss, Charlotte Arrival at Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Charlotte Weiss is a Czechoslovakian born Jew who survived incarceration in a number of...
Baron, Judith Arriving at Auschwitz
Judith Gidali Baron was born in 1928 in Hungary. She lived there until she was 15 years old. Her father and mother had...
Schloss, Eva Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Eva Schloss is an Austrian born Jew who fled to Amsterdam with her family after the Nazis came to...
Gross, Eva Auschwitz
Eva Gross reached the place of selection at Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: she had just completed a terrible three day...
Lesser, Benjamin Auschwitz and Mass Murder
Upon entry into Auschwitz, Benjamin Lesser was told to go to a bathhouse and get undressed. Next, his hair was to be...
Baron, Judith Auschwitz Terror
Judith Baron lived in a long barrack at Auschwitz. There was a stove in the middle that may have been intended to warm...
Hoff, Russell D. Bad Orb
Russell Hoff reached Bad Orb and was assigned to a barracks in the camp. When a group of Americans killed a German...
Schloss, Eva Being witht he Russian Army after Liberation
[Annotator's Note: Eva Schloss is an Austrian born Jew who fled to Amsterdam with her family after the Nazis came to...
Lesser, Benjamin Birkenau and Selection
Benjamin Lesser arrived at Birkenau after a long journey in a cattle car. It was adjacent to Auschwitz. Birkenau was...
Sarosi, George Communism in Budapest
George A. Sarosi grew up hating the Russians. He did not hate the Germans as much because they were more remote. The...
Medicine Crow, Joseph Concentration Camps
After Joseph Medicine Crow had spent time in Italy, he returned to southern Germany then went to Poland. It was there...
Quigley, Tom Concentration Camps and Culture Shock
After the Battle of the Bulge Tom Quigley was taken out of combat and sent to a hospital due to an injury to his back...
Kibort, Reva Czestochowa Labor Camp
Reva Kibort and other inmates were gathered up again and put into boxcars [Annotator's Note: the inmates were forced to...
Baron, Judith Dachau Work Camp
Judith Baron and her sister were taken by cattle car to a work camp in Germany. They had been in Auschwitz which was...
Lesser, Benjamin Death March from Auschwitz to Dachau
Benjamin Lesser could hear the front closing in on the rock quarry where they worked. The inmates were told that they...
Schloss, Eva Death Marches and Liberation
There was cholera, dysentery and skin illnesses [Annotator's Note: inside the Auschwitz concentration camp]. Eva...
Sarosi, George Denial, Fear then Resistance
George A. Sarosi's parents were fully aware of what was happening in Germany prior to the war. His father had been...
Gross, Eva Deportation
Right after Passover in 1944 [Annotator's Note: after 14 April 1944. The Germans occupied Hungary in March 1944.], Eva...
Lesser, Benjamin Deportation from Hungary to Auschwitz
Benjamin Lesser had taken refuge in Hungary to escape the Nazi tyranny in Poland. Although initially a place of safety...
Somogyi, Peter Dr. Josef Mengele
Peter Somogyi met Dr. Mengele [Annotator's Note: Dr. Josef Mengele, also known as the Angel of Death] while he was in...
Levy, Anne Escaping the Warsaw Ghetto and Being Liberated by the Russians
Anne Levy and her family needed three things to get out of the Warsaw Ghetto. They had to have papers saying they were...
Miksa, Robert Experiences in Germany
Before being discharged from the hospital, Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] returned to his unit by lifting a...
Kaufman, Luna Final Thoughts
Luna Kaufman had no difficulties after the war with nightmares. She was fortunate. She never felt that she was...
Smith, Rothacker First Prison Camp
En route to their first German prison camp, Rothacker Smith and his fellow prisoners never discussed the possibility of...
Acevedo, Anthony From Bad Orb to Berga
Anthony Acevedo was picked to be part of a group of 350 Jewish and other undesirables being sent to Berga in the Ulster...
Somogyi, Peter German Oppression
Peter Somogyi saw his father taken away within a week of 19 March 1944 [Annotator's Note: the day Germany occupied...
Miksa, Robert Germany and Czechoslovakia
Bob Miksa [Annotator’s Note: Robert Miksa] and the 745th Tank Battalion passed right through the Siegfried Lines...
Baron, Judith Hell at Bergen-Belsen
Judith Baron was imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen. It was absolutely hell. When they first arrived, they slept in tents. It...
Franzky, Gerhard Hitler's Germany Before the War
At the time, Gerhard Franzky thought Hitler was a great man. Franzky's father got another job and was later able to...
Heffron, Edward "Babe" Holland
Edward "Babe" Heffron jumped into Holland and spent over 78 days there. The jump into the drop zone meant kill or be...
Gross, Eva Krakow-Plaszow
Eva Gross was sent to the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp in Poland [Annotator's Note: this was after a short stay in...
Klepper, Manfred Kristallnacht
Manfred Klepper heard a knock on the family apartment door at dusk [Annotator's Note: on the evening of 9 November 1938...
Wichterich, George Last Weeks of the War
[Annotators Note: George Wichterich served as a platoon sergeant in the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 30th Infantry...
Lesser, Benjamin Liberation, Loss, and Being Reunited with His Sister
Benjamin Lesser had arrived at the Dachau concentration camp in total exhaustion [Annotator's Note: following the...
Klepper, Manfred Life in America
Manfred Klepper adjusted easily to American life because he went to school and learned the language. His parents had a...

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