Jacob Hennenberg was born in the city of Oswiecim, Poland, in 1924. After the Germans invaded in September of 1939, he and his father walked east to the town on the River San, but returned later to Oswiecim. His father's store was required to have a Jewish Star on the window and all Jews had a curfew. In March 1941 there was an order for the Jewish population to leave. They went to Chrzanow where the ...

The Lászlό Erős papers include an English translation of his joint memoir with his wife, I Will Never Let Go of Your Hand! The memoir covers the period from 1940-1946 and consists of three parts: Blanka’s experiences with deportation and concentration camps, a diary account of Lászlό’s escape from his labor battalion and his eventual reunion with Blanka, and an account of how the survivors from Gyergyόszentmiklόs ...