Watch the clip of testimony from Moses Kantorowitz, who shares his recollections of the aftermath of mass killings carried out in the Polish town of Chomsk, during the summer of 1941.
About the Interviewee
Moses Kantorowitz was born on February 6, 1923, in Szereszów, Poland. He grew up in a large Orthodox family with multiple brothers and sisters. The German invasion of Eastern Poland in 1941 altered the path of Moses’ life drastically. His family was relocated and placed in a ghetto. He was then deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1943 before being sent to Mauthausen. Moses was liberated in the Gusen (Austria) concentration camp by the United States Army. After liberation, he spent time in Italian DP camps. With the assistance of an uncle, he immigrated to Ontario in 1948 where he met and married his wife. Moses was interviewed by the USC Shoah Foundation on June 22, 1995, in Willowdale, Ontario.