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  • Bloch, Itka Bergen-Belsen

    [Annotator's Note: Itka Bloch was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany.] Two of her friends from home went to dri

  • Bloch, Itka Coming to America

    Itka Bloch waited a long time to come to America. She likes America very much. She had a choice and picked America. You can always make a living.

  • Bloch, Itka Ghetto Life

    [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Itka Bloch to talk about life in a Jewish ghetto in Poland.] Itka Bloch and her family were in the ghe

  • Bloch, Itka Labor Camp

    Itka Bloch was sick when she was working in a factory. She worked on a large machine.

  • Bloch, Itka Liberation

    Itka Bloch remembers the first tank coming in [Annotator's Note: to liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany].

  • Bloch, Itka Losing Her Sister

    Itka Bloch worked in a synagogue. Her older sister worked in a shop. They would sew German uniforms.

  • Bloch, Itka Prewar Life in Poland

    Itka Bloch was born in Poland in November 1925. She had four sisters and was the youngest. Her father was a carpenter and building contractor.

  • Block, Louis Life in the Service

    Louis Block had to serve KP [Annotator's Note: kitchen patrol or kitchen police] duty for 30 days when he got to Hawaii.

  • Block, Louis Pearl Harbor

    Louis Block knew they were going overseas, but they did not know where. The plane before them went to Guam.

  • Block, Louis Prewar Life

    Louis Block graduated from high school in June 1944. They discussed the war, but not at length.

  • Block, Louis Reflections

    Louis Block used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I.

  • Block, Louis Service Overview

    Louis Block was born in December 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and went to school there. He lost his mother at age five.

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