Abraham Pasternak - August 13, 1984
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Born in Betlan, Romania, Abraham Pasternak relates his experiences in Romania during the Nazi occupation and his internment in several concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Theresienstadt, Schlieben (a satellite of Buchenwald) and Zeitz, a city in Germany.
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- Family
- Religious Experience
- Community
- Changing Atmosphere
- Hungarian Occupation
- Changes/Restrictions
- Forced to Leave Home
- Resisting
- Going to Auschwitz
- Arrival at Auschwitz
- First Day in Auschwitz
- Life in Auschwitz
- Schlieben-Pretending to be Blind
- Buchenwald
- Conditions in Buchenwald
- Food
- Help From Others
- Liberation
- Returning Home
- Life After Liberation/Coming to U.S.
- Talking about Experience
- Effects of Experience
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