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Can you tell us about your trip from the ghetto to Auschwitz? In August of 1944, 150 humans were crushed together in one cattle car. We weren’t given anything to…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman When was the ghetto built? We lived at home until 1943. In October of 1943, when they began deporting people, my parents sewed…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman Did you know what was happening in other parts of Europe at this time and when did you begin feeling the pressures of…
What memories can you share with us about your family? (continued) My father belonged to a Jewish organization for working people, and that is where he davened. For the Yamim…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman Please tell us where you were born? I, Yisroel Dovid (Julian) Rosner was born in Duklja, Poland, in the Carpathian Mountains. Duklja was…
What greeted you upon your arrival in Auschwitz? (continued) In the winter time we were in Gross-Rosen. During the day we walked, and at night we were given to rest…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman How did you spend your summers? We stayed home and went swimming in the lake. Was there anti-Semitism in town before the war…
Please tell me where you were born. I, Sara Grossman nee Rosenberg, was born in Ruskowa, Romania, which later became part of Hungary. In 1937 my family moved to Santamaria…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman How long did you remain with the gentile family? One day while I was living with the gentile family, the husband approached me…
When did you begin to feel the pressures of the war? When the war broke out, my parents made the decision to give my sister and brother away to a…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman Please tell me where you were born. I, Renee Rimpler nee Gruber, was born in Czechoslovakia. I was six years old when the…
Where were you during the war years? From the ghetto we were transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau by cattle car. We arrived on a Motzoei Shabbos. By then, we knew all about…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman What happened once the Germans invaded Poland? When the Germans invaded Poland, we were all taken to a ghetto. They gave out identification…
Please tell us where you were born. I, Raizel Nechama (Rosalie) Wolhandler née Dym, was born in Cracow, Poland in 1917. I grew up in a corner house on Weglowa…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman What happened to your mother? After we left in 1942, my mother remained in Bratislava with my sister, who was only 2 years…
Please tell me where you were born. I, Shulem Ber Winter, was born in Budapest, Hungary, on February 18, 1935. My mother returned to her hometown to give birth. What…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman Were the non-Jews decent to you after the War ended? We walked and walked until we came upon a stable. Outside the stable…
Did you know when it was Shabbos and Yom Tov? There was a man who was in his forties, which to us seemed old, and he would constantly inform us.…
As told to Mrs. Chaya Feigy Grossman From Ploszow we were transported to the Skazisko death camp. The hygiene in this camp was beyond humanity. People were dying of typhoid,…
What kind of education did you receive? As a young girl I attended public school. One morning a teacher came into the classroom and announced that there would be a…