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Abraham Mondry - June 15, 22, 29 & July 13, 1992

Abraham Mondry was born in Mlawa, Poland and with the outbreak of war, his family was deported to the Warsaw ghetto. Before, during, and after the war, Abraham actively worked as a smuggler on the black market. Abraham spent three years at Auschwitz where he served as a nurse aid to Dr. Mengele. With the liquidation of Auschwitz, he was marched to Ebensee where he was soon liberated by American forces. Recovering from health problems, Abraham lived in Italy where he continued his black market activities until 1949 when he immigrated to the United States.

1. Introduction
2. Family
3. Pre-War Life I
4. Outbreak of War
5. Warsaw I
6. Black Market
7. Smuggling I
8. Smuggling II
9. Auschwitz--Deportation of Family I
10. Auschwitz--Transport I
11. Auschwitz--Selection I
12. Auschwitz--Working With Mengele I
13. Auschwitz--Mengele's Experiments I
14. Auschwitz--Other Prisoners I
15. Auschwitz--Selection II
16. Auschwitz--Camp Life I
17. Auschwitz--Escaped Prisoners
18. Auschwitz--Smuggling in the Camp I
19. Auschwitz--Smuggling in the Camp II
20. Auschwitz--Health Problems
21. Auschwitz--Liquidation I
22. Ebensee I
23. Separation from Brother
24. Auschwitz--Arrival I
25. Italy I
26. Italy II
27. Survival
28. Auschwitz--Sonderkommando
29. Auschwitz--Working With Mengele II
30. Pre-War Life II
31. Warsaw II
32. Traveling to Nowy Dwor
33. Nowy Dwor
34. Black Market II
35. Counterfeit Money
36. Traveling Between Ghettos
37. Father's Death
38. Return to Mlawa
39. Bribing the Police
40. Smuggling Family Out of Warsaw
41. Auschwitz--Executions I
42. Auschwitz--Executions II
43. Auschwitz--Deportation of Family II
44. Auschwitz--Train Transport II
45. Auschwitz--Selection III
46. Revisionist Cousin I
47. Revisionist Cousin II
48. Auschwitz--Arrival II
49. Auschwitz--First Three Months I
50. Auschwitz--First Three Months II
51. Auschwitz--Camp Life II
52. Auschwitz--Mengele's Experiments II
53. Auschwitz--Working With Mengele III
54. Auschwitz--Other Prisoners II
55. Auschwitz--Reporting the Dead
56. Auschwitz--Smuggling in the Camp III
57. Auschwitz--Sexual Relations
58. Auschwitz--Smuggling in the Camp IV
59. Auschwitz--Smuggling in the Camp V
60. Auschwitz--Stealing in the Barracks
61. Auschwitz--Hospital I
62. Auschwitz--Brother
63. Auschwitz--Prisoner Revolt
64. Auschwitz--Hospital II
65. Auschwitz--Mengele's Experiments III
66. Auschwitz--Camp Life III
67. Auschwitz--Liquidation II
68. Auschwitz--Liquidation III
69. March From Auschwitz I
70. Deserted Belongings
71. Religious Beliefs and Story I
72. Religious Beliefs and Story II
73. Liquidation and Mengele
74. Mauthausen
75. March to Ebensee
76. Ebensee II
77. Ebensee--Liberation
78. The Americans
79. Health Problems
80. Italy--The Black Market
81. Life in Italy I
82. Life in Italy II
83. Traveling I
84. Italy--Currency Broker
85. Israel I
86. Cousin in the U.S. I
87. Leaving Italy
88. New York City I
89. Factory Work
90. Making Pocketbooks I
91. Speaking About Experiences I
92. Buying First Store
93. Women Employees
94. Bari, Italy I
95. Speaking About Experiences II
96. Telling Son About Experiences
97. Nightmares
98. Remembering Auschwitz
99. March From Auschwitz II
100. Struggling to Survive
101. March From Auschwitz III
102. Ebensee III
103. Ebensee--Other Prisoners
104. Gas Chambers
105. Ebensee IV
106. Town of Ebensee I
107. Town of Ebensee II
108. Bari, Italy II
109. Fate of Family
110. Returning to Poland
111. Casablanca
112. Red Cross Passport
113. Milan, Italy
114. UNRRA
115. The Joint
116. Cousin in the U.S. II
117. Italian Wife
118. Living Amongst Italians
119. New York City II
120. Moving Around New York
121. Making Pocketbooks II
122. Traveling II
123. Moving to Detroit
124. Judaism
125. Israel II
126. Second Wife
127. Auschwitz--Selection IV
128. Memories and Nightmares I
129. Memories and Nightmares II
130. Nursing Home I
131. Nursing Home II
132. Conclusion