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Le 3 mai 1944, Israel fait partie d’une sélection de 8 638 Juifs de Târgu Mures, sa ville natale, déportés à Auschwitz. Il doit travailler dans les forêts entourant le camp. Il est éventuellement déporté au camp de Buchenwald, mais il survit. Ses parents, ses deux sœurs et un de ses frères ont été tués à Auschwitz.
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Israel Viezel lived in Hungary and was studying to become a rabbi when Germany invaded. On May 3, 1944, Israel was one of 8,638 Jews from his hometown of Târgu Mures deported to Auschwitz. There, he was selected for forced labour and had to work in the forests surrounding the camp. He was later deported to Buchenwald. Israel survived the Holocaust, but his parents, two sisters and one brother were all killed in Auschwitz.
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