Holocaust Survivor Testimony David Abrams

David Abrams was born David Abraham in Deadash Romania on the twelfth of December of 1928,  his father was Joseph Abraham, and was a professional Baker, his step mother Sarah Goldsteen was a stay at home mom, he had four sisters; Alga, Ettle, Irene, and Lebalmakle, and three younger brothers; Udaria, Zackiel, and Zack. His biological mother died six days after David was born, from child birth complications. He came from a very religious family, and he was a very secular student and began school at age six. 

When Hitler took over his town in 1941, and gave it to Hungary, there was celebration, because the Hungarians were nice to the Jews. But this all changed in 1943 when there were restrictions and there were Jewish Laws. His father could no longer own his business, they were shortly taken to a Ghetto, they could only pack one back-pack and they were given a small patch of ground to live on, and were told they would have to sleep there in the open air for awhile and were helped build a small shelter by their neighbors. They lived in the Ghetto for one month and then were put onto a train, with a 1,000 Jews and were carted to Auschwitz like cattle. While in the Ghetto his father died, and everyone else died in the concentration camps. During Selection, they were asked random questions just to send people to the gas chambers. After four days at Auschwtiz he went to Malhauesn, and was given little food. There they were processed again and sent to work camps, during his stay there he was admitted to the hospital, and it was a blessing because he was given extra food, and was able to rest. During Processing their numbers were put on their prison clothes, and painted triangles were put there also. Yellow for Jews, Red for Political Prisoners, and Green for German Criminals. After he was liberated he went to America.

"The secret weapon of the Jews was Hope"

"Never be complacent, never say it won't happen here, that is what we said in Germany,"