George Vine - July 5, 1983
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George Vine was born in Ciechanów, Poland in 1927. Following teh German invasion of Poland in 1939, he and his family were forced to relocate from their home into a nearby ghetto where they lived for almost three years before being transported to Auschwitz in 1942. George was taken to several different camps before he was liberated in April 1945. Immigrating to the United States in 1947 and initially living in New York, George eventually moved to Detroit.
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- Introduction
- Life before the War
- Encountering Anti-Semitism
- Religious Life
- Family Life
- German Invasion of Poland
- Trying to Break away from Old Traditions
- Transported to Auschwitz with his Father
- Reliving the Horrors of Auschwitz
- Remembering Rosa Robata
- Forming Bonds with Inmates in Auschwitz
- Remembering the Start of the War in Poland
- Relocated to Ghetto before going to Auschwitz
- Liquidating the Ghetto in 1942
- Seeing Auschwitz for the First Time
- Working in the Camp
- Surviving Auschwitz by Creating Bonds with Landsmann
- Moved to Several Camps before the end of the War
- Liberation
- Reunited with Cousin
- Coming to the United States
- A Landsmann wanted Him to come to Detroit
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