Dachau: a lifesaving promise c. March 1945 - April 27, 1945 Jack Adler In early 1945, Jack is selected for transfer to the main camp of Dachau. For the first time since the war began, he is separated from his father, who remains in Kaufering. Some thirteen miles...
Forced labor in Germany: Kaufering c. August 1944 – March 1945 Jack Adler Jack and Cemach stay in Auschwitz for only two weeks, at which point they are selected to go to a labor camp in Germany. However, as they are preparing for the transport, they must report to an...
Liquidation of the Lodz ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz August 1944 Jack Adler In late 1942, the Nazi Third Reich is at the height of its power. Nearly all of continental Europe is either occupied by or allied with Nazi Germany, which proceeds with its plan for...
The Lodz ghetto August 1942 – July 1944 Jack Adler Early in 1942, Nazi officials come together at Wannsee near Berlin to discuss the “Final Solution,” the complete extermination of the Jews of Europe. Deportations of Jews from throughout Nazi-occupied Europe to...
Into the Pabianice ghetto (c. November 1939 - August 1942) Jack Adler On October 26, 1939, territories along the former German-Polish border are annexed to the German Reich. Lodz and Pabianice are located in the newly incorporated Warthegau region of German-annexed...
