Zygmunt Pergricht

• born on 12 December 1924 in Sosnowice/Poland
• April 1940 to April 1941 forced labour camp  Annaberg
• April 1941 to the end of 1942  forced labour camp  Gruenheide
• End of 1942 to beginning of 1943 forced labour camp  Markstädt
• Beginning of 1943 to July 1944 concentration camp Groß-Rosen/Ludwigsdorf

• July 1944 to September Faulbrück forced labour camp
• September 1944  to 8 May 1945 concentration camp Groß-Rosen/Langenbielau ("Reichenbach/Sportschule")
• 8 May 1945 Liberation
• Poland
• 7 November 1946 DP IUlm,
• DP Schwäbisch-Hall,
• 23 May1949 Israel

In April 1940, the German occupation authorities ordered me from my home town of Sosnowiec  to ZAL Annaberg. I was forcibly employed there doing forestry work. We were housed in a camp surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by the Wehrmacht. I lived in barrack no. 3; the camp leader was called Lehmann, an SA man. In April 1941 I was transferred to ZAL Gruenheide, where I worked for the R.A.B.. Here, too, we lived in a camp surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by the SA. The camp leader was called Drobek. I lived in wooden barrack no. 1.

Statement by Zygmunt Pergricht, 7 Dec. 1953, file Pergricht, Zygmunt, Bü 51175/S. 25

One day during roll call in Grünheide I was taken out of line - I still don't know the reason - and tied to a tree and beaten terribly by the guard Antonin Pietscheck until I fell unconscious. After this mistreatment, my strength was already failing and I was constantly afraid of further beatings.  

Statement from 17.3.1960

I met the claimant, Mr Zygmunt Pergricht, at ZAL Annaberg. At that time he was still completely healthy and fully able to work. He was also still healthy at the beginning in ZAL Grünheide. It was only here, due to the hard forced labour, the hardships, the hunger and the cruel mistreatment, that his health was shattered. I was an eyewitness one day when he was tied to a tree and beaten mercilessly with a truncheon by the guard Antonin Pietscheck until he fell unconscious.

Statement by Sara Gluecksman, 7 Dec. 1953, file Pergricht, Zygmunt, Bü 51175/S. 23

I stayed here until July 1944 and was then sent to Faulbrueck concentration camp, where I was put to work for the Telefunken company. After about 2-3 months, it may have been September 1944, I came to Reichenbach, where I was imprisoned in the sports school. I also worked for the Telefunken company during this period of imprisonment; we were guarded by the SS. I was liberated by Russian troops in Reichenbach on 8 May 1945.

Statement by Zygmunt Pergricht, 7 Dec. 1953, file Pergricht, Zygmunt, Bü 51175/S. 25

In the summer of 1944 I was sent to the Faulbrück concentration camp together with the above-mentioned, where I was employed as a mechanic by the Telefunken company; the above-mentioned also worked for the same company. In August or September 1944, we were evacuated from the Faulbrueck concentration camp to the Reichenbach concentration camp, where we were housed in the sports school. I worked for the Tietz company as a car mechanic, while the aforementioned was employed by the Telefunken company. We were liberated together in Reichenbach on 8 May 1945.
Statement by Zygmunt Pergricht, 7 December 1953, file Pergricht, Zygmunt, Landesarchiv-Baden-Württemberg, Abt. Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, EL 350 I, Bü 51175

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