The Biography of Jakob Tenenbaum, Beuthen

I am submitting this affidavit in connection with my application for compensation for damage to body and health. Before the outbreak of the persecution measures, I lived with my parents and my younger sister at Stromastrasse 9. I was a strong, healthy young man who enjoyed sports and I cannot remember ever having been seriously ill. I attended grammar school. My schooling was interrupted in 1939. My family lived in secure circumstances. My father was a second-hand goods dealer and earned enough.

Source: Unless otherwise stated: Konrad Kittl files, Jakob Tennenbaum affidavit;

I had the same work in Plaschow. At the end of 1943 I fell ill with typhus fever and received no medical help. When I once injured my right hand at work, I trembled for my life every minute, which meant that I couldn't work for a while and the sick were dragged away. As if by a miracle, I got away. I lived in these miserable conditions until the summer of 1944, when we were herded onto a train and left without food for almost two weeks. There were about 140 people crammed into one wagon.