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Neuburger 25 March 2010 Sally Roisman Survivor Testimony Sally Roisman went to Jewish girls school and her favorite subject was math. After the war broke out, she and her family moved into the ghetto and the Nuremburg laws went into effect. Her father was soon detained and the rest of her family went on without him. They still practiced religion and other families moved in and then there were 14 people living in the single room house. Then her three brothers were taken to forced labor camps. Later they came back for her sisters and then her. She went to camp gruben from 1943-1945. She was forced to work in a factory with about 250 other girls. In the camp a guard helped her family with occasional bread. They later got in trouble for receiving the stolen food. They knitted the guard a pullover made of their dresses that they took apart. Then the camp got more strict and the sick or people that couldnt work set to Auschwitz. Jews were sent to her camp that had shaved head and she got to keep her hair and clothes. That is when she found out about Auschwitz. She was later taken on a death march with the other girls from the factory. They were put on wagons when they got to Bergen-Belsen they shot 100 of the girls. Sally worked in a kitchen and her sisters worked in a clothing factory. Her sister snuck clothes for food. Sally became very sick and very weak. She went with to the doctors at camp. After two months at Bergen-Belsen, it was liberated. She met up with one of her brothers and lived with him for a while. Then Sally later immigrated to Australia. Her brother became a dentist and Sally spends her time painting. She also got her High school Diploma. There was chaos in camp and the strong ones attacked the weak ones. Next thing I knew I was on top of corpsesIt was a very cruel place.

Sam Steinberg Survivor testimony Sam Steinberg grew up in a Jewish neighborhood and was the youngest of his siblings. He went with his father and brothers to work until December 1940, when they were forced into a ghetto. They had one room for everyone, and eventually half a room. They still had food because they worked in the ghetto and were treated well. The ghetto was run by Jewish government and Jewish police. Sam got sick in the ghetto and claims his mom cured him. By the end of 1943 the ghetto was closed and he was sent to a work camp called Bleshing. He was given two rations a day for food. He also said he was molested at the camp by one of the guards in exchange for food. The conditions at camp were cramped and the camp was surrounded by barb wire. His father later died in the camp of natural causes possibly from malnutrition. Sam was then sent to Auschwitz. He didnt go through selection because when he went it was an earlier time before they had selection. If he would have gone later then he might not have survived. He was directly tattooed and his number was now his name. He worked in the kitchen peeling potatoes and he was able to provide for his brothers. He was placed in childrens barracks. His sick brother was taken to a crematorium. When Auschwitz closed down because the Russians were coming close, they sent him to flossenberg. Around March 1945, Sam was liberated. He was taken in by locals after liberation and worked at a knitting factory. Later he met up with one of his old friends. They became business partners and went around doing construction work, building schools, and working hard. He is a successful businessman that is now married with 8 grandchildren. Then you were woke up by gunshots, you had shootingsyou would see people dead on the streets. They took my brother to the crematoriumthere I was watching the smoke from the chimney.