Sam Itzkowitz
Nació: 1925, en Makow, Polonia
Describe el trabajo forzado en el ghetto de Makow [Entrevista: 1991]
And everyday...Jews had to go out from the ghetto, line up in groups of a hundred and perform the work for the Germans. In the wintertime we had to shovel the snow on the roads. In the summertime we had to help build the roads. We had to demolish houses that were in the Germans' way. Dig ditches, clear swamps. They found work that just wasn't suitable for human beings but they just did it for meanness. Somehow we survived longer than they thought we going to do.
And everyday...Jews had to go out from the ghetto, line up in groups of a hundred and perform the work for the Germans. In the wintertime we had to shovel the snow on the roads. In the summertime we had to help build the roads. We had to demolish houses that were in the Germans' way. Dig ditches, clear swamps. They found work that just wasn't suitable for human beings but they just did it for meanness. Somehow we survived longer than they thought we going to do.
Los alemanes invadieron Polonia en septiembre de 1939. Cuando ocuparon Makow, Sam huyó al territorio soviético. Volvió a Makow a buscar provisiones, pero fue forzado a quedarse en el ghetto. En 1942, fue deportado a Auschwitz. Mientras el ejército avanzaba en 1944, Sam y otros prisioneros fueron mandados a campos en Alemania. Los prisioneros empezaron una marcha de la muerte al inicio de 1945. Las fuerzas americanas liberaron a Sam después que se escapó durante un bombardeo.
— US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections
