Henryk Mandelbaum

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Henryk Mandelbaum (15 December 1922 – 17 June 2008) was a Polish

After arriving to Auschwitz, Mandelbaum was designated to forced labour in the crematory. He had to carry the corpses of the people who were gassed with Zyklon B, check body orifices for valuables and break out dental gold. In 1944 the capacity of the crematoriums was too small to burn all the corpses of prisoners killed. Mandelbaum and others had to dig two huge pits, then burn the dead bodies in them. To improve the process they had to pour back the body fat, which was collected in small holes in the pit, over the top of the pile.

Mandelbaum participated in the rebellion of inmates on 7 October 1944, which was put down quickly by the

He died on 17 June 2008 in the Polish city of Bytom, following heart surgery.^[1]

Films

• Eric Friedler: Sklaven der Gaskammer - Das Jüdische Sonderkommando in Auschwitz, 2000, 44 min (in German)
• Stanislav Motl: Živý mrtvý - Live dead, 2008, 63 min (in Czech)

Books

• Sonder. An Interview with Sonderkommando Member Henryk Mandelbaum, Jan Południak, Oświęcim, 2008,
  ISBN 978-83-921567-3-4
  .

External links

• Hans G. Helms: Auschwitz vor Polens EU-Beitritt Junge Welt, 18. Mai 2001 (in German)
• Jürgen Schön: Überleben nur von Tag zu Tag. taz, 20. Dezember 2004 (in German)
• Ausstellung Bildungswerk Stanislav Hantz: NUR DIE STERNE WAREN WIE GESTERN Dreikönigskirche, Dresden, 16. März – 20. April 2006 (in German)
• Sonderkommando.info. (in French)