Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive

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Abraham Pasternak - August 13, 1984

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.

1. Family
2. Religious Experience
3. Community
4. Changing Atmosphere
5. Hungarian Occupation
6. Changes/Restrictions
7. Forced to Leave Home
8. Resisting
9. Going to Auschwitz
10. Arrival at Auschwitz
11. First Day in Auschwitz
12. Life in Auschwitz
13. Schlieben-Pretending to be Blind
14. Buchenwald
15. Conditions in Buchenwald
16. Food
17. Help From Others
18. Liberation
19. Returning Home
20. Life After Liberation/Coming to U.S.
21. Talking about Experience
22. Effects of Experience