Alexander Ehrmann - May 13, 1983
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Alexander Ehrmann was born in Kralovsky Chlumec, Czechoslovakia, which became part of Hungary in 1938. His family consisted of himself, his parents, two brothers and three sisters. In 1944 the family was deported to a ghetto and then to Auschwitz where his parents, a sister and her son were killed. After the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto ended, Mr. Ehrmann was transferred from Auschwitz to Warsaw with a labor group to salvage materials from the ghetto. After spending five days in Dachau, he was transferred to Mühldorf, where the inmates were building an underground aircraft factory. When the camp was evacuated, Mr. Ehrmann and other inmates were put on a train and moved back and forth in the unoccupied area until they were liberated by American troops. After the war he was reunited with two sisters and his younger brother.
- Family
- School
- Religious Life
- Extended Family
- Community
- Anti-Semitism
- Hungarian Annexation
- Rumors of Persecution
- Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- Escaped from Concentration Camp
- Increased Persecution
- Discrimination
- Hungarian Families Deported to Poland
- Stories of Mass Graves
- Rounded-up for Deportation
- Waiting for Deportation to Auschwitz
- On the Train to Auschwitz
- First Impressions of Auschwitz
- Interaction with Other Prisoners
- Conditions in Auschwitz
- Going to Warsaw After the Uprising
- Religious Life in the Camps
- Transport to Dachau
- Mühldorf
- Coping
- Being Ill
- Religious Service in Mühldorf
- Brother in Budapest
- How Experience Affected his Life
- Crying
- Memories
- Conclusions
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