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265 Eliezer Gruenbaum: Chronology Eliezer spent a total of approximately two years and seven months in the Auschwitz network of camps and approximately four months in Buchenwald after being transported from Beaune-la-Rolande on June 27, 1942. Auschwitz End of June or beginning of July 1942: arrives at Auschwitz. Beginning of July: first three days at Auschwitz I. Birkenau July 1942: arrives at Birkenau. July–August 1942: Block 9, “chief of prisoners,” deputy to Block Chief Konczal. End of August 1942: transferred to Block 4. Sent to course at Block Officer School, but the school was shut down before he completed the course. Eliezer appointed clerk in Block 4, a post that granted him relative anonymity. September 1942: Falls ill with typhus, rides out illness in Block 9. October 1942: Returns to his post as Konczal’s deputy. January 1943: Transferred to Block 39 (or, according to another version, Block 25). Serves as block chief for five days, charged with preparing it to take in prisoners. A week later he managed to receive a transfer and resume his position in Block 9. End of February–July 1943: Serves as chief of Block 20. July 1943–January 1944: Block 20 is moved to the new camp and redesignated Block 30. Eliezer continues to serve as block chief. January 1944: Removed from position as block chief. January 20, 1944: Placed as laborer in a Kommando assigned to divert the Vistula River. Buna-Monowitz, Jawischowitz March–April 1944 to January 1945: Sent to Buna-Monowitz, and then a few days later to the mining camp at Jawischowitz, where he served as a laborer in a work detail. January 17 or 18, 1945: Evacuated from Jawischowitz. Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 265 4/11/2014 2:49:07 PM 266 ||| Eliezer Gruenbaum Chronology Buchenwald End of January through May 1945 (the end of the war): In Buchenwald. March 1945: First inquiry, spurred by charges made by Czech prisoners. April 6–7, 1945: Evacuation of Buchenwald; Eliezer active in planning uprising. April 11, 1945: Liberation of Buchenwald. Eliezer takes part in cutting the fences. During the days that followed, Eliezer serves as pursuer of SS personnel fleeing the camp and hiding in the area. Inquiries following Liberation May 25, 1945–Sept. 7, 1945: Second inquiry, sponsored by the Polish Communist Party. September 1945–March 20, 1946: Third inquiry, by French authorities. May 1, 1946: Arrival in Palestine. May 22, 1948: Killed in the battle of Ramat Rachel. Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 266 4/11/2014 2:49:07 PM ...

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