Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive

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Marvin Kozlowski - August 28, 2002

An interview with Marvin Kozlowski, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Marvin Kozlowski was born in Radom, Poland in 1920. Following the German invasion of Poland, Mr. Kozlowski and his family were placed in the Radom Ghetto, where Mr. Kozlowski worked as a forced laborer for Daimler-Benz. While in the ghetto, Mr. Kozlowski's mother and three siblings were deported to the Treblinka death camp. Following the liquidation of the ghetto in 1944, Mr. Kozlowski, along with his father, were marched to Tomaszów where they were put on a train and shipped to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Upon arrival there, they were immediately sent to an unidentified labor camp in Western Germany. After a brief time, they were sent to Unterriexingen, a labor sub-kommando of Natzweiler Concentration Camp. After one month, the camp was liquidated and Marvin and his father were liberated near Osterburken, Germany, while en-route to an unknown destination.

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1. Introduction
2. Family
3. Religious Life
4. Relations with Non-Jews
5. Radom
6. Knowledge of Hitler
7. Polish Government
8. Polish Leaders
9. Expectations of War
10. Outbreak of War
11. German Occupation
12. Labor
13. Hiding
14. Liquidation of Radom Ghettos
15. Munitions Factory
16. Appell
17. Conditions in Camp
18. Knowledge of Death Camps
19. Knowledge of Death Camps (continued)
20. Daimler-Benz
21. Liquidation of Factory
22. Transport to Auschwitz
23. Arrival in Birkenau
24. Shipped West
25. Unterriexingen
26. Liberation
27. Quarantine
28. Talking about Experiences
29. People Asking About Experience
30. Sexual Abuse in Camps
31. Memories
32. Importance of Interviews
33. Importance of Interviews (continued)
34. Impact on Children
35. Thoughts on Survival
36. Conclusion