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Harry Praw - June 30, 1982

Harry Praw was born in Łódź, Poland in 1929. He lived in a small apartment in the city with his parents, grandfather, five sisters and three brothers. Following the German occupation of the city in September 1939, Harry and his family were deported to the Jaslo ghetto. From Jaslo, Harry and his family were separated and he was sent to work in various labor camps including Skarżysko, Częstochowa, Buchenwald and Dora. The British Army liberated Harry in Bergen-Belsen in April 1945. He was the only one from his family to survive. Harry moved to the United States with his wife and son in 1949.

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1. Introduction
2. Life Before the War
3. Religious Life
4. Start of War
5. Being Taken by the Germans
6. Being Transported to Jaslo
7. Life in Jaslo
8. Being Transferred to a Smaller Town
9. The Gestapo Begins to Kill Jews
10. Being Taken to Labor Camp
11. Life in Labor Camp
12. Work in Labor Camp
13. Being Transferred to Skarżysko
14. Life Under the Jewish Police
15. Working for the Gestapo
16. Surviving in Camp
17. Life in Częstochowa
18. Evacuating from Częstochowa
19. Being Taken to Buchenwald
20. Being Transferred to Dora
21. Life in Dora
22. Working in Dora
23. Life in Dora
24. Being Transferred to Bergen-Belsen
25. Liberation
26. Problems After Liberation
27. Moving to Frankfurt Am Main
28. Łódź After the War
29. Moving to the United States
30. Arriving in New Orleans
31. Life in New Orleans
32. Life in New Orleans II
33. Visiting New York
34. Moving to New York
35. Meeting Family in New York
36. Life in New York
37. Conclusion