Citation
http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/rothenberg/ <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/51443>
Publisher
The University of Michigan-Dearborn Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive
Subjects
Holocaust
World War Two
World War II
World War 2
WW2
WWII
Concentration Camp Inmates
Jewish Holocaust
Shoah
Work Camp Inmates
Schlieben
Italy
Panzerfaust
Theresienstadt
Nazi Holocaust of the Jews
Description
An interview with Berek Rothenberg, a Holocaust survivor, conducted by Levi Smith. Berek Rothenberg was born on Jan. 3, 1921 in Sandomierz, Poland. As a boy, he belonged to several Zionist organizations including the Betar, Macabbi, and Akiva. Following the German invasion of Poland, he was taken by the Germans for forced labor on the railroads, and when released, was sent out by the Judenrat to work on a road crew. In 1942, Berek was taken away to work at the ammunition factory in Skarzysko. In 1944 he was transferred to Buchenwald and assigned to work at Schlieben, a sub camp, where the Panzerfaust was being manufactured. Berek was then transferred to Theresienstadt, where he was liberated on May 8, 1945. After liberation, he traveled around Italy waiting for a chance to move to Palestine but in 1949, Berek moved to the United States to be with his extended family.