United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Chaim Piotrkowski was born in 1927 in Łódź. He survived the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Lieberose and relocated to Israel after the war. Hercko (Hersz) Ciesluk was born in 1916 in Stawiska, Poland, and survived the Białystok ghetto, Bliżyn labor camp, Lieberose, Gross Rosen, and Mauthausen.
Copyright Holder: Chaim Piotrkowski
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The Chaim Piortkowski collection is arranged as a single series: I. Chaim Piotrkowski collection, approximately 1994-1995.
The Chaim Piotrkowski collection consists of a photocopy of Piotrkowski's personal narrative about his experiences in the Łódź ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Lieberose, written in English; a photocopy of Hercko Ciesluk's personal narrative about his experiences in the Bialystok ghetto, Bliżyn labor camp, Lieberose, Gross Rosen, and Mauthausen, written in Yiddish in 1947; and Piotrkowski’s English translation of Ciesluk's personal narrative.
Chaim Piotrkowski collection