David Zejtlin
- born on 1.12.1925 in Baranowizce, pupil
- September 1941 Baranowizce ghetto
- Forced labor camp Wilejka?
- March 1942 Vilnius ghetto (date?, see below)
- Summer 1943 Vaivara concentration camp/Vivikonna subcamp,
- Winter 1943 Vaivara concentration camp/Ereda subcamp, Vaivara concentration camp, Vaivara concentration camp/Kivioli I subcamp
- 7/1944 Stutthof concentration camp,
- Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Lauenburg?
- 1949 USA
September 1941 Baranowice ghetto
I lived with my parents in Baranowice before the war and was a schoolboy. My father had a leather store. I was sent to the Baranowice ghetto in September 1941. The ghetto was fenced in with barbed wire and guarded by the SS. There were Jewish police in the ghetto. Police. The Jewish elder was called Isigsohn. I lived temporarily in Sosnowestrasse, wore the Jewish star on my chest and worked in the forest cutting wood. I was taken to work every day under guard.
Source: Unless otherwise stated: Konrad Kittl files, David Zejtlin affidavit;
August 1942 forced labour camp Wilejka
After a while I was sent to ZAL Wilejka. I lived in a wooden barrack and wore civilian clothes. At first we were only guarded by Org. Todt, later the camp was also fenced in with barbed wire. I worked laying tracks on the Wilejka-Molodeczna (Maladsetschna) line and was taken to work every day under guard for about 1/2 hour.
March? 1942 to summer 1943 Wilna ghetto0
In March 1942, I was transported to the Vilna ghetto. The ghetto was surrounded by barbed wire and walls, guarded by SS. There were Jewish police in the ghetto. Police. I lived at Strazuna 13 for a while, wore the Jewish star on my chest and back and received rations from the Jewish Council. The Jewish elder was called Gens. I worked for the station commando loading and unloading wagons and was taken to work every day under guard.
Summer 1943 to Winter 1943 forced labour camp Viivikonna
In the summer of 1943, I was transported to ZAL Wiwikoni. The camp was fenced in with barbed wire and guarded by est. SS guards. I wore civilian clothes with a prisoner number, lived in a barrack and worked at the oil slate shaft. I was taken to work every day under guard.
| Subcamp of the Vaivara concentration camp | |
|---|---|
| Location | Viivikonna |
| Name | Wiwikond |
| Area | General District of Estonia, Reichskommissariat Ostland (1941-1944) |
| Opening | November 1943 (first mention) / 15.09.1943 |
| Closing | March 1944 (last mention) / 29.02.1944 |
| Deportations | |
| Prisons | |
| Gender | Men |
| Assignment of prisoners at | |
| Type of work | Forest work |
| Source: deutschland-ein-denkmal.de | |
Ereda
In the winter of 1943 I was taken on foot to ZAL Ereda. The camp was fenced in and guarded by est. SS guards. I wore civilian clothes with prisoner numbers on my chest and pants and worked on road construction.
| Subcamp of the Vaivara concentration camp | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ereda |
| Opening | October 1943 |
| Closing | Late July 1944 |
| Prisons | December 1943 and January 1944: 752 prisoners, May 1944: 1497 prisoners |
| Gender | Men and women |
| Source: deutschland-ein-denkmal.de | |
Stutthof and Bergen-Belsen
In July 1944, I was transported by ship to Stutthof concentration camp. The camp was fenced in with barbed wire and guarded by SS. I lived in a barrack, wore prisoner clothing with a prisoner number and tin stamp and worked for the potato squad in the camp. I became seriously ill there and was transported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. There I was kept in the rest block. At the beginning of March 1945, I was sent on a march and was liberated near Lauenburg on March 10, 1945
After the Liberation
After my liberation I stayed in West Germany until my emigration to the U.S.A. in 1949. I received constant medical help from UNRRA doctors and still remember the name Schmidt in Constance and Dr. Walter Gailingen.
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Notes
- Izykson, murdered on 5 March 1942, source: USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, Vol II, Part B, p. 1167
- There was a camp in Mołodeczno according to the USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, Vol II, Part B, p.1166: "At the end of August 1942, 654 ghetto inmates were sent to Mołodeczno to work on the railway line to Wilejka.
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