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First Name
Abraham
Last Name
Wajnryb
Date of birth
05.10.1931
Age
Place of birth
Radom
Gender
male
Profession
Maiden name
Mother's name
Brucha Kirshenbaum
Father's name
Mordechaj
City
Radom
Transport where from
Radom
Date of transport
13.01.1043
Story
"I was separated from my entire family. I saw a friend of my brother's, clung to him and we went together to Treblinka. There were small cattle cars, there were about 200 people in the carriage. My friend had wire cutting tools in his pocket. We talked about jumping off the train. It was very cold. 10 people decided to jump. I was the seventh. When the people in front of me jumped, we heard machine gun fire. I was lucky that I jumped on a curve, into a snowdrift. I was covered in snow and no one saw me. When I recovered, I walked on the tracks. After about an hour I noticed the Treblinka sign. I turned around and walked in a different direction. I didn't know the other people who jumped, but none survived. Some had been shot. I saw several bodies. I was the only one left." Abraham returned to Radom. He survived Auschwitz and the death march to Dachau. After the war, he emigrated to the US.
Escape
from a transport
Fate
Yes
Date of death
Place of death

Source

HVT 2295, rel. Allen W.

Record ID
699
Insert date
02.03.2024
Update date
Photo description
Photo source
The Memory of Treblinka Foundation