My Hometown Concentration Camp A Survivor's

My Hometown Concentration Camp tells the story of the young Bernard Offen's endurance and survival of the Krakw Ghetto and five concentration camps, including Plaszw and Auschwitz-Birkenau, until his liberation near Dachau by American troops in 1945. The author tells of his experiences in the ghetto and camps and how he set out, after the war, in search of his brothers, eventually finding them in Italy with the Polish Army. Having returned to the United States, Bernard Offen was drafted into the US Army to serve in the Korean War. After the war, he founded his own business and built a family, both helping to restore a sense of normality to his life. This was the start of his own unique process of healing that led, ultimately, to his retirement and decision to dedicate his life to educating audiences around the world about his experiences during the Holocaust. Bernard Offen's story recounts his one-man journey across America, Europe, Israel, and back to his native Poland, and his deve

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Foreword
Preface
A Journey of Healing
From Kazimierz to the Ghetto, 1939-43
Now and then: Before and after the Germans arrived	p. 3
The 'Final Solution': Mass deportations from the ghetto, June and October 1942	p. 17
My family home	p. 25
My cousin Ignac, my grandmother, and life in the ghetto	p. 32
'Resettlement'	p. 35
My mother and Miriam disappear, while my brother Nathan helps wounded Germans, 27-28 October 1942	p. 38
The end of the ghetto: The start of the Plaszow camp, November 1942	p. 43
The Krakow Ghetto Song	p. 48
Plaszow Concentration Camp and Julag Labor Camp, 1943-44
The walk to Plaszow, March 1943	p. 51
My escape from the Plaszow camp and meeting my uncle Majer, Spring 1943	p. 57
Julag Camp I, Spring-Fall 1943	p. 60
Daily life in Plaszow: Jews and others in the camp	p. 65
My brother Sam's encounter with Goeth	p. 70
Duties and 'Health': Appelplatz - The roll-call square	p. 74
Barrack 82: My work in the camp	p. 79
Mass murder and execution protocol: The camp Kindergarten, 11 March-14 May 1944	p. 82
The liquidation of the Plaszow camp, Fall 1944	p. 88
Auschwitz and the Process of Healing, 1944-Present
Auschwitz-Birkenau after Plaszow: A brief visit to the beautiful flat lands of Austria	p. 91
After my liberation: The search for my brothers, 1946	p. 99
Corning to America, 1951	p. 101
The Work: Retirement - I begin my real work	p. 104
My search for meaning	p. 108
The passage of trauma	p. 113
Why ...? A visit to Karlsruhe in Germany, 1997	p. 115
Notes	p. 118
Chronology	p. 122
Appendix	p. 125
Bibliography	p. 128
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My Hometown Concentration Camp A Survivor's Account of Life in the Krakow Ghetto and Plaszow Concentration Camp

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