David K. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of David K., who was born in Praszka, Poland in 1921 and moved to Wielun? at age seven. He recalls his oldest brother's emigration to Palestine; German bombing of their home; fleeing to Piotrko?w Trybunalski, then Radom; Germans burning Jewish books and scrolls in Be?chato?w; returning home; forced labor clearing bombing rubble; deportation to Poznan?; slave labor building roads in Loebau, Z?abikowo, and Kreising for Organization Todt; transfer to Kreuzsee, then Eberswalde; slave labor in a munitions factory; assistance from one German guard; transfer to Auschwitz/Birkenau; finding a cousin; assignment to Rajsko, then Buna-Monowitz, working for I.G. Farben; Allied bombings in summer 1944; public hanging in October of three prisoners who had organized an underground; transfer in January 1945 to Oranienburg, then Flossenbu?rg; a death march to Dachau; liberation by United States troops April 29; returning home; a non-Jewish friend returning family possessions (he continues to stay in touch with her); reunion with his brother who had been in Palestine; living with relatives in Switzerland; emigration to Israel; marriage; living in Switzerland and Ulm; and emigration to the United States. Mr. K. discusses surviving due to luck; a trip with his sons to his hometown; nightmares; and difficulty expressing his feelings in words.

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