Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive

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Sam Seltzer - November 29, 1982

An interview with Sam Seltzer, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Anita Schwartz. Sam Seltzer was born in Modzurów, Poland. Sam's family consisted of his mother, father and five siblings. Following the outbreak of the war, his mother and siblings attempted to flee east to the Russian border. They were unable to complete their journey, instead staying with Sam's older sister in the small town of Zawiercie. After a brief time, Sam returned to Modzurów, until he was rounded-up by the Germans and placed in a number of forced- labor camps, including Sosnowiec, Klettendorf, Geppersdorf, Brande, Graeditz, Faulbrück and Annaberg. In 1944, Sam was sent to Auschwitz. After several weeks in Birkenau, Sam volunteered to work as a mechanic and was sent to a labor Kommando attached to Buchenwald. Sam was liberated in Buchenwald in April 1945. After liberation, Sam was hospitalized in Feldafing, Germany where he was reunited with his brother and the two emigrated to the United States.

1. Introduction
2. Family
3. Religious Life
4. Relations with non-Jews
5. Outbreak of War
6. German Occupation
7. Staying with Sister
8. Return Home
9. Conditions under Germans
10. Deportation
11. Klettendorf
12. Conditions in Klettendorf
13. Brande
14. Labor in Brande
15. Beating
16. Working while Injured
17. News of Family
18. Food
19. Graeditz
20. Faulbrück
21. Typhoid
22. Selection in Faulbrück
23. Annaberg
24. SS Man
25. Labor in Annaberg
26. American Airplanes
27. Transport to Auschwitz
28. Entlausung
29. Außenkommando Buchenwald
30. Conditions in the Außenkommando
31. Buchenwald
32. Liberation
33. Hospitalized
34. Feldafing
35. Reunited with Brother
36. Recovery
37. Walheim
38. Immigration to America
39. Detroit
40. Talking About Experiences
41. Reminders