Subject(s):Holocaust, Jewish holocuast, World War II, World War 2, World War Two, WWII, Forced labor, Shoah, Concentration camp inmates, Dora-Nordhausen, Germany, Nazi holocaust of the Jews, Landsberg
Description: Joseph Gringlas was born in Ostrowiec, Poland. Following the German invasion, Mr. Gringlas was seperated from his family and transported to a forced-labor camp in Blizyn, Poland. After approximately one year, he was transferred first to Auschwitz-Birkenau and the to the sub-camp, Monowitz, where he was reunited with his brother. In 1945, the camp was liquidated and Mr. Gringlas was sent on a forced-march to Gleiwitz and then on to Dora-Nordhausen, where he and his brother were liberated. After the war, Mr. Gringlas spent several years in Landsberg, Germany, emigrating to the United States in 1951.
