Survivor Memoirs
- Australian Memories of the Holocaust, by Franka Berk (né Kenigsztajn), b. 1924, survivor of the Piotrkow ghetto and member of the resistance.
- I Believe, by Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Israel's Chief Rabbi; excerpt from a television program, which he entitled "Ani Maamin" (I believe), recalling his life as a child in the Nazi hell (from the Piotrkow Trybunalski Yizkor Book Project)
- Remnants: Memoirs of a Survivor, by Charles Kotkowsky, survivor of the Piotrkow ghetto; the story of the ghetto in Piotrkow, published by the Concordia University Chair in Canadian Jewish Studies.
- Sabina Szwarc, born in 1923 - you can also read about the Polish family who helped her survive: Maria Justyna, Danuta Justyna, and Kazimiera Banach Justynowa
- Rose Guterman (married: Zar), born in 1923
- Sabina Zimering, born in Piotrkow, who survived on fake Catholic ID in Germany with help from her Polish friends from Piotrkow. You can also hear the story on this site: click .
Child with missing identity:
Please visit www.missing-identity.net and read the story of Mrs. Wieslawa Lang from Piotrkow, a child Holocaust survivor who has never learned anything about her real family, even her real name. You can find everything she knows there, including her pictures from childhood. Maybe you can help Wieslawa find her real family?
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