Auschwitz (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Birkenau) (concentration camp), Poland (77)
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- Brzezinka, Poland 1 mile / 2 km
- Oswiecim (Auschwitz, Oshpitsin), Poland 1 mile / 2 km
- Bojszowy (Boischow), Poland 4 miles / 6 km
- Monowitz (Monowitz-Buna, Buna, Auschwitz III) (concentration camp), Poland 4 miles / 6 km
- Jawiszowice (Jawischowitz) (concentration camp), Poland 5 miles / 8 km
- Bierun Stary (Bierun, Altberun), Poland 6 miles / 10 km
- Ledziny (Lendzin), Germany 8 miles / 13 km
- Jaroszowice (Jaroschowitz), Germany 8 miles / 13 km
- Imielin, Poland 8 miles / 13 km
- Czechowice-Dziedzice (Czechowice, Dziedzice), Poland 11 miles / 18 km
- Goczalkowice-Zdroj (Gottschalkowitz), Poland 11 miles / 18 km
- Tychy (Tichau), Poland 11 miles / 18 km
- Pszczyna (Pless), Poland 11 miles / 18 km
- Bor, Poland 12 miles / 19 km
- Zator (Zuter), Poland 12 miles / 19 km
- Jaworzno (Yaveshne), Poland 13 miles / 21 km
- Jezor (Yenzor, Yendzor), Poland 14 miles / 23 km
- Slupna, Poland 14 miles / 23 km
- Myslowice (Myslowitz), Poland 14 miles / 23 km
- Andrychow (Yendrikhov, Yendrikhev), Poland 15 miles / 24 km
- Niwka (Alt-Nivke, Alt-Nifke), Poland 15 miles / 24 km
- Modrzejow (Mondzeyov), Poland 15 miles / 24 km
- Brynica (Brinitz), Germany 15 miles / 24 km
- Mikolow (Nikolai, Nicolai), Poland 16 miles / 26 km
- Dandowka (Dendovke), Poland 16 miles / 26 km
- Trzebinia (Trzebinia Miasteczko, Tshebin), Poland 16 miles / 26 km
- Bielsko-Biala (Biala, Bielsko, Bielitz, Bielitz-Biala, Bilits), Poland 16 miles / 26 km
- Maczki (Macza, Granica, Granitse), Poland 17 miles / 27 km
- Ryczow, Poland 17 miles / 27 km
- Rozdzien (Rosdzin), Poland 17 miles / 27 km
- Wadowice (Vadovitsa, Vadevits), Poland 17 miles / 27 km
- Klimontow 2, Poland 17 miles / 27 km
- Porabka (Parombke), Poland 17 miles / 27 km
- Kamienica (Kamitz), Poland 17 miles / 27 km
- Niemce (Nemtses), Poland 18 miles / 29 km
- Lgota, Poland 18 miles / 29 km
- Katowice (Kattowitz, Katevits), Poland 18 miles / 29 km
- Milowice (Milovits), Poland 18 miles / 29 km
- Zagorze (Zaguzhe), Poland 18 miles / 29 km
- Sosnowiec (Sosnovits, Sosnevtse, Sosneftse), Poland 18 miles / 29 km
- Szrodula (part of Sosnowiec), Poland 18 miles / 29 km
- Srodula (part of Sosnowiec), Poland 18 miles / 29 km
- Woszczyce, Poland 19 miles / 31 km
- Kochlowice (Kochlowitz), Poland 19 miles / 31 km
- Debowa Gora (Dembove Gure), Poland 19 miles / 31 km
- Siemianowice Slaskie (Siemianowice, Siemianowitz, Huta Laury, Laurahutte), Poland 20 miles / 32 km
- Bedzin (Bendsburg, Bendzin, Bendin), Poland 20 miles / 32 km
- Czeladz (Tsheladzh), Poland 20 miles / 32 km
- Strzemieszyce Wielkie (Strzemieszyce, Stshemeshits), Poland 20 miles / 32 km
- Chorzow Batory (Bismarckhutte, Hajduki Wielkie, Hajduki) (part of Chorzow), Poland 20 miles / 32 km
- Zaglebie Dabrowskie (Zaglembie) (region), Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Dabrowa Gornicza (Dombrova, Dombreve), Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Chorzow (Konigshutte), Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Slawkow, Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Gzichow (part of Bedzin), Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Orzesze (Orzesche), Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Swietochlowice (Schwientochlowitz), Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Krzeszowice (Ksheshovits), Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Pawlowice (Pavlovits), Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Zory (Sohrau), Poland 21 miles / 34 km
- Nowy Bytom (Friedenshutte) (part of Ruda Slaska), Poland 22 miles / 35 km
- Wirek (Antonienhutte) (part of Ruda Slaska), Poland 22 miles / 35 km
- Golonog, Poland 22 miles / 35 km
- Lipiny (Lipine) (part of Swietochlowice), Poland 22 miles / 35 km
- Bzie Dolne (Nieder Goldmannsdorf) (part of Jastrzebie-Zdroj), Poland 23 miles / 37 km
- Skoczow (Skotschau, Skotshov), Poland 23 miles / 37 km
- Olkusz (Elkisch, Elkish), Poland 24 miles / 39 km
- Zywiec (Zhivits, Saibusch, Zaybish), Poland 24 miles / 39 km
- Ruda Slaska (Ruda), Poland 25 miles / 40 km
- Zabkowice (Zombkowice, Zombkowits), Poland 25 miles / 40 km
- Bytom (Beuthen, Beuthen Oberschlesien), Poland 25 miles / 40 km
- Bobrek, Poland 25 miles / 40 km
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Kalwaria, Kalvarye), Poland 25 miles / 40 km
- Borzykow (Borsigwerke), Poland 26 miles / 42 km
- Piekary Slaskie (Szarlej-Wielkie Piekar, Wielkie Piekary, Deutsch Piekar, Szarlej, Scharley), Poland 26 miles / 42 km
- Zabrze (Hindenburg, Zabzhe), Poland 26 miles / 42 km
- Miechowice (Miechowitz), Poland 27 miles / 43 km
- Jelesnia 2 (forced labor camp), Poland 27 miles / 43 km
- Radzionkow Nowy (Neu-Radzionkau), Germany 27 miles / 43 km
- Zebrzydowice (Zebzhidovits), Poland 27 miles / 43 km
- Jastrzebie-Zdroj (Bad Konigsdorff-Jastrzemb, Jastrzemb), Poland 27 miles / 43 km
- Jelesnia 1, Poland 27 miles / 43 km
- Michalkowice (Michalkowitz), Germany 27 miles / 43 km
- Sucha Beskidzka (Sucha, Sukhe), Poland 28 miles / 45 km
- Nagy Palugya (Velka Paludza) (part of Galfalu), Slovakia 28 miles / 45 km
- Gliwice (Gleiwitz), Poland 29 miles / 47 km
- Goleszow 2 (Golleschau) forced labor camp), Poland 29 miles / 47 km
- Goleszow 1 (Golleschau), Poland 29 miles / 47 km
- Sucha Gora (Trockenberg) (part of Bytom), Poland 29 miles / 47 km
- Stolarzowice (Stollarzovitz), Poland 29 miles / 47 km
- Rybnik 2, Poland 29 miles / 47 km
- Ziemiecice (Ziemientzitz), Poland 31 miles / 50 km
- Biertultowy (Birtultau), Poland 31 miles / 50 km
- Cesky Tesin (Czeski Cieszyn, Tschechisch-Teschen, Teschen), Czech Republic 31 miles / 50 km
- Kobierzyn (concentration camp) (part of Krakow), Poland 32 miles / 51 km
- Cieszyn (Tisin, Teschen), Poland 32 miles / 51 km
- Wodzislaw Slaski (Wodzislaw, Loslau), Poland 32 miles / 51 km
- Tarnowskie Gory (Tarnowitz), Poland 32 miles / 51 km
- Krakow (Cracow, Kroke, Kruke), Poland 33 miles / 53 km
- Skala (Skale), Poland 33 miles / 53 km
- Zyglinek (Klein Zyglin), Poland 34 miles / 55 km
- Pszow (Pschow), Poland 34 miles / 55 km
- Zawiercie (Zavertse), Poland 34 miles / 55 km
- Kromolow (Krimelev), Poland 34 miles / 55 km
- Lubek, Poland 34 miles / 55 km
- Wolbrom (Volbrom, Volbrem), Poland 35 miles / 56 km
- Podgorze (Podguzh) (part of Krakow), Poland 35 miles / 56 km
- Plaszow (Krakow-Plaszow) (concentration camp), Poland 35 miles / 56 km
- Jaskowice (Johannsdorf) (forced labor camp), Poland 35 miles / 56 km
Ash un fayer: Iber di khurves fun Poyln [Ashes and Fire: Through the Ruins of Poland] (1946) ( Communal Histories )אש און פייער: איבער די חורבות פון פוילןPat, Jacob (1890-1966)
Barg khurbn: kapitlen Poyln (1948) ( Communal Histories )בארג חורבן: קאפיטלן פוילןZerubavel (Vitkin), Yaakov (1886-1967)
Iber shteyn un shtok: a rayze iber hundert khorev-gevorene kehiles in Poyln [Cross Country: A Journey to Over 100 Destroyed Jewish Communities in Poland] (1952) ( Communal Histories )איבער שטיין און שטאק: א רייזע איבער הונדערט חרוב-געווארענע קהילות אין פויליןTsanin, Mordekhai (1906-2009)
Dos kol fun blut: a megile fun yomer un shoyder [v. 1] (196-?) ( Autobiographies )דאס קול פון בלוט: א מגילה פון יאמער און שוידער [באנד 1]Stern, Moyshe Arye (1905-1982)
Min ha-metsar: zikhronot mi-shenot 702-705 (1960) ( Autobiographies )זכרונות משנות תש״ב ־ תש״ה: מן המצרWeissmandl, Michoel-Dov (Ha-Rav) (1903-1957)
Zakhor ve-al tishkaḥ: Mi-Kloyzenburg derekh Aushvits li-Yerushalayim (1968) ( Autobiographies )זכור ואל תשכח: מקלויזנבורג דרך אושביץ לירושליםTesler, Yirmiyah (1898-1976)
Mi-pi ud mutsal: pirke zikhronot min ha-tofet ha-Natsi (1970) ( Autobiographies )מפי אוד מוצל: פרקי זכרונות מן התופת הנאציFaivelovits, Pinḥas-Menaḥem (1923-2007)
An aktyor in Oyshvits [An Actor in Auschwitz] (1972) ( Autobiographies )אן אקטיאר אין אוישוויץPerlmuter, Hershl (1909-)
Di antloygers : fun gsise tsum lebn (1975) ( Autobiographies )די אנטלויפערס : פון גסיסה צום לעבןBryks, Rachmil (1912-1874)
Koshmarn: zikhroynes fun di groylike yorn fun der natsisher memshole in Eyrope 1939-1945 [Nightmares: Memoirs of the Gruesome Years of the Nazi Regime in Europe 1939-1945] (1975) ( Autobiographies )קאשמארן: זכרונות פון די גרויליקע יארן פון דער נאציזער ממשלה אין אייראפע 1939 - 1945Charmatz, Konrad (Elkone) (1910-1986)
The Black Book: The Ruthless Murder of Jews by German-Fascist Invaders Throughtout the Temporarily-Occupied Regions of The Soviet Union and in the Death Camps in Poland During the War of 1941-1945 [Translated by John glad and James S. Levine] (1980) ( Communal Histories )Ehrenburg, Ilya Grosman, VasilySee Note.
A Traumatic Return to Poland (1980) ( Communal Histories )Trepman, Paul (1916-1987) 1980
Hell Was My Home: Arnold Shay, Survivor of the Holocaust [By Donald J. Brownlow and John Eleuthere du Pont] (1983) ( Autobiographies )Shay (Szyjowicz), Arnold (Abraham Lejzor) (1922-2006)
Dos shvartse bukh (1984) ( Communal Histories )דאס שווארצע בוךEhrenburg, Ilya Grosman, VasilySee Note.
Zikhrontai: darkhe me-Satmar derekh Oshvits le-Erets Yisrael (1986) ( Autobiographies )זכרונותי: דרכי מסטמר דרך אושביץ לארץ ישראלWeber, Chana Neuman (c. 1925-)See Note.
I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz (1987) ( Autobiographies )Perl, Gisella (1907-1988)
Yahadut Yavan be-ḥurbanah: zikhronot [Greek Jewry in the Holocaust: Memoirs] (1988) ( Yizkor Books )יהדות יוון בחורבנה: זכרונות
Seudat ha-leḥem she-lo hitkayemah: zikhronot mi-yeme yalduti, ha-Shoah veha-tekumah (1991) ( Autobiographies )סעודת הלחם שלא התקיימה: זכרונות מימי ילדותי, השואה והתקומהBekher, Rikvah Rikhter (1927- )
Sisters in the Storm (1992) ( Communal Histories )Eilenberg-Eibeshitz, Anna Lerner (1923- )
Meha-migdal ha-lavan le-sha'are Oshvits (1992) ( Autobiographies )מהמגדל הלבן לשערי אושוויץHandali, Ya'akov (1927- )See Note.
Lema'an yedu: zekhor al tishkaḥ (1992) ( Autobiographies )למען ידען : זכור אל תשכחToisig, Sure (Katz) (Rebbetzin) (c. 1926-1992)
Dam ve-dama ba-geto Lodz (1993) ( Autobiographies )דם ודמע בגיטו לוגז'Hartsshtark (Harcsztark), Zushe (1921-1996)
Hatikvah in Auschwitz (1993) ( Autobiographies )Schnapp, Lea (1928-)
Counterfeit Lives (1994) ( Autobiographies )Krakowski, Avraham (c. 1921- )
Sefer Yamim mi-kedem: rishumim ve-zikhronot … (1994) ( Autobiographies )ימים מקדם: רשומים וזכרונות משנת תרצ"ב - תשל"ב ...Rezmovits, Yitsḥak David (Ha-Rav) (1921-2013)
Ale merorot: yomanim, shu"t, hagut ba-Sho'ah: kitve Rabi Yoshua Mosheh Ahronson zts"l baal ha-"Yehoshuat Mosheh", rabah shel Sonik—me-rabane Petaḥ-Tikvah (1996) ( Autobiographies )עלי מרורות: יומנים, שו״ת, הגות בשואה: כתבי רבי יהושע משה אהרונסון זצ"ל בעל ה"ישעות משה", רבה של סאניק - מרבני פתח-תקוהAle merorot : yomanim, shut, hagut ba-Shoʼah : pirḳe ḥayim meratḳim shel rav be-YiśraʼelAronson, Yehoshua Moshe (Ha-Rav) (1910-1993)See Note.
Needle and Thread: A Tale of Survival from Bialystok to Paris (1996) ( Autobiographies, Communal Histories )Zabuski, Charles "shleimeh" (1921-2006)
The World That Was: Poland: A Study of the Life and Torah Conciousness of Jews in the Shtetlach, Towns, and Cities of Poland (1997) ( Autobiographies, Communal Histories )Kasnett, Yitzchak (Ha-Rav) [Ed.] (not listed) Landau, Yosef Shmuel (Ha-Rav) (1922-2014) ...
The Vanished City of Tsanz (1997) ( Autobiographies, Yizkor Books )Lehrer, Shlomo Zalman (1921-2010) 1997
A Long Way to Auschwitz: A True Jewish Holocaust Survival Story of Cruelty, Courage, and Luck[ Compiled by Simon Haim Kohavi] (1998) ( Autobiographies )Kohavi (Stern), Samuel (Shlomo) (1919 - )
Beyond the Tracks: An inspirational story of faith and courage (1998) ( Autobiographies )Mermelstein, Ruth Grunberger (1928-)
Edut ḥayah … (1998) ( Autobiographies )עדות חיה: תולדות וחיי בית אבותי ותיקי חסידי ויז'ניץ במחוז מאשרמארוש-רומניה ...Steinmetz, Yitzchok Menachem "Mendel" (1929-2008)
The World That Was: Hungary / Romania: A Study of the Life and Torah Consciousness of Jews in the Cities and Villages of Transylvania, the Carpathian Mountains and Budapest (1999) ( Autobiographies, Communal Histories )Kasnett, Yitzchak (Ha-Rav) (not listed) Weiss, Gershon (Ha-Rav) (1933-2020) ...
U-varḥartah ba-ḥahyim: pirke shoah ve-shikum (1999) ( Autobiographies )ובחרתה בחיים: פרקי שואה ושיקוםMark (Marchewka), Sholom Alter (1926-2016)See Note.
Kemo tipah ba-yam ha-gadol [Like a Drop in the Sea] (1999) ( Autobiographies )כמו טיפה בים הגדולRikman, Yitsḥak (1917-2010)
Adabrah ve-a'idah: le-toldot Yishuv be-Karpatoros: kehilat Shandrif (2001) ( Autobiographies, Yizkor Books )אדברה ואעידה: תולדות ישוב בקרפטורוס: קהילת שאנדריףFuks, Avraham (1925-2003)
Funem letstn khurbn: bashraybungen fun der alter heym farn krig mit 60 yor tsurik, un fun dem krig, un fun nokhn krig ... (2003) ( Autobiographies )פונעם לעצטן חורבן: באשרייבונגען פון דער אלטער היים פארן קריג מיט 60 יאר צוריק, און פון דעם קריג, און פון נאכן קריגSchwartz, Shmuel Zanvil (1930-)See Note.
Not To Forget, Impossible To Forgive (2004) ( Autobiographies )Avital (Doft), Moshe (1928-2020)
My Childhood In The Holocaust (2004) ( Autobiographies )Jaegermann, Judith Pinczovsky (1929- )
Sha'ar Machmadim: A Collection Of Stories Portraying Tremendous Courage and Kiddish Hashem In The Face Of The Nazi Enemy, As Related By the Veitzener Rov ZT"L In The Sefer "Mekadshe Hashem" (2004) ( Autobiographies )שער מחמדים: דברים נפלאים הנוגעים לקידוש השם מה שראו עיני באושוויץMeisels, Tzvi Hirsh (aka Veitzener Rov) (1901-1974)
An Odyssey of Survival (2006) ( Autobiographies )Klein, Michael W. (c. 1929-)
Le-ma'an yedu dorotekhem (2007) ( Autobiographies )למען ידעו דורותיכםPetzenbaum, Chanoch (1925-2019)
Mi-maḥashakim hoshienu: Sipur ḥayaṿ shel yeled she-hitmoded ba-maltaʻaot ha-natsim … mi-tokhekhe …. Aushvits … ve-haya ezer la-peulot … be-Artsots ha-Brit she-na'asu al yede …. Admo"r mi-Tsanz Kloizenburg (2009) ( Autobiographies )ממחשכים הושיענו: סיפור חייו של ילד שהתמודד במלתעות הנאצים ... מתוככי ... אושוויץ ... והיה עזר לפעולות ... בארצות הברית שנעשו על ידי ... אדמו"ר מצאנז קלויזנבורגGlik-Yankelovitsh, Yeshaya (1931- )
Anokhi Anokhi hu menaḥemkhem: zikhronot nitsol shoah (2009) ( Autobiographies )אנכי אנכי הוא מנחמכם: זיכרונות ניצול שואהKohen, Zalman
There are No Words: Memoir from the Churban (2009) ( Autobiographies )Schonkopf, Esther Bella Rubin (1920-2021)
Der finftling tsuzamentref: bay di toyern fun gehenem ha'takhtn fun Oyshvits [Translated from the Hebrew by Y. Kroizer] [2010] ( Autobiographies )דער פינפטלינג צוזאמענטרעף: בײ די טױערן פון גיהנום התחתון פון אױשוויץFuchs, Chaya Devora "Chaitshe" Weissblum (1928-2017) Zilberberg, Yenti Eichenstein (1926-2018)
From the Depths I Called You to Freedom (201-?) ( Autobiographies )Tenenbaum, Yeraḥmiel (1927-2018) Tenenbaum, Rozie (Tcharna Rochel) Sobowicz (c. 1927-2019)
The Unhealed Wound: The Miraculous Survival of a Young Girl During the Holocaust (2011) ( Autobiographies )Rosenberg, Alice (Esther Fradel) Liberman (1934 - )
I Believe: The Story of One Jewish Life (2011) ( Autobiographies )Zisman, Leibel (Leo) (1930-2013)
The Bleeding Sky (2012) ( Autobiographies )Brandsdorfer, Mala Liss Goldrat (1914-1999)
Ki eshev ba-ḥoshekh H' or li: sipur ḥayav shel Miki Fridman … : 1930-2012 (2012) ( Autobiographies )כי אשב בחושך ה' אור לי: סופור חייו של מיקי פרידמן ז"ל: 1930 - 2012Fridman, Tsvi Elimelekh "Miki" (1930-2012)
In the Shade of the Trees, in the Shadow of the Flames (2012) ( Autobiographies, Yizkor Books )Perl, Chayim Yisrael (1925-2020)
Tsanz: be-tifartah uve-ḥurbanah: zikhronot yelid ha-ir ve-korotaṿ bi-shenot ha-za'am: kerakh 2 (2014) ( Autobiographies, Yizkor Books )צאנז: בתפארתה ובחורבנה: זכרונות יליד העיר וקורותיו בשנות הזעם: כרך 2Lehrer, Shlomo Zalman (1921-2010)
Ish lehavah: demut deyokano u-masekhat ḥayav ha-mufla'ah shel seris ha-kivshanim ha-rav Shimon Benish … (2015) ( Autobiographies )איש להבה: דמות דיוקנו ומסכת חייו המופלאה של שריד הכבשנים הרב שמעון בניש ...Benish, Shimon Yehuda (Ha-Rav) (1912-2008)
me-Afelah le-orah: zikhronot ḥayim (2015) ( Autobiographies )מאפילה לאורה: זכרונות חייםKrol, Menaḥem (1924-2013)
The Sheva Kehillos: Memories of Torah life in the Western Hungarian Oberland Communities (2015) ( Autobiographies, Yizkor Books )Frischman, Helene Fischer (1926- )
be-Esh ha-emunah: pirke zikhronot shel ha-Rabanit Gitl Halbershtam … bat … Rabi Yisakhar Shlomoh Taichtal [1885-1945] (2016) ( Autobiographies )באש האמונה: פרקי זיכרונות של הרבנית גיטל הלברשטאם, בת הגאון הקדוש רבי ישכר שלמה טייכטאלHalbershtam, Gitl Teichtal (Rebbetzin) (1925-2019)
Le-ma'an tesaper be-ozne vinkha u-ven binkha: fun Bilka biz Amerike (2016) ( Autobiographies )למען תספר באזני בנך ובן בנך: פון בילקא ביז אמעריקעLipschitz, Shloime Yeshaya (1923-2018)
me-Afelah le-orah: zikhroynes fun der alter heym … (2016) ( Autobiographies )מאפילה לאורה: זכרונות פון דער אלטער היים ...Wider, Mordche Menachem (c. 1925- ) Wieder, Shayndl Jungreis (c. 1925- )
Emunah ba-mivḥan: zikhronot (2017) ( Autobiographies )אמונה במבחן: זיכרונותRozen (Rozentsvaig), Efreaim (Ha-Rav) (1925-2015)
Paḥad Yitsḥak: dertseylungen funem altn heym in dernokh funem tsveytn velt krig in der oyfboy nokhamohl in Amerika (2017) ( Autobiographies )פחד יצחק: דערציילונגען פונעם אלטן היים אין דערנאך פונעם צווייטן וועלט קריג אין דער אויפבוי נאכאמאהל אין אמעריקאSchachter, Yitzchok Boruch (1923-2020)
Witness: A Story of Survival and Triumph (2017) ( Autobiographies )Tessler, Mendel (1929-)
Around the World in 90 Years (2018) ( Autobiographies )Hager, Miriam Golda Klein (1927- )
In the Hell of Auschwitz: The Wartime Memoirs of Judith Sternberg Newman (2019) ( Autobiographies )Newman, Judith Sternberg (1920-2008)
The Life, Influence, and Extraordinary Middos of Reb Sholom Alter Mark (2022) ( Autobiographies )דרכי שלוםMark, Lydia (not listed) Mark (Marchewka), Sholom Alter (1926-2016)See Note.
Tell the Children: Letters to Miriam ( Autobiographies )Sorell, Dora Apsan (1921-2019)
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