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Sam Pivnik was born in Będzin, a small town in southern Poland, populated mostly by Jews. His father was a tailor.
Sam picnik biography
In , the occupation of the country began, and young Sam Pivnik learned very quickly what its nature would be:
I remember very well Friday, September 8. On that day, the Einsatzgruppen appeared in the city (…) from time to time you could hear the echoes of gunshots, and then, as the afternoon turned into evening, I smelled the scent of burning (…) our synagogue, the symbol of my nation, was on fire (…) the Einsatzgruppen had been doing their job all weekend.
On the streets, there were laying dead bodies (…) the most terryfying was the scene of the hanging in the trees near the square.
In , the Pivniks were sent to the ghetto, and a few months later they were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
On the ramp, his sister and him survived the selection. The rest of the family was then transported to a gas chamber. Soon Sam Pivnik was sent to a commando working on the ramp, and