Fiszel Abram Lipszyc

Fiszel Abram Lipszyc, a Polish Jew, emigrated in 1929. He married Anna Majlechowitz during the occupation. Arrested on 9 April 1943, he was taken to the Dossin Barracks the next day. He was optimistic because he had an escape plan. He sent a message to this effect to his wife via a non-Jewish neighbour. Unfortunately, when he joined Transport 20, the deportee put in charge of his cattle truck prevented him from putting his plan into action. He was 20 when Transport 20 set off on 19 April 1943, and he was passed as fit for work by the SS when he arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and was registered under number 117,600. He was put to work in the nearby Monowitz camp on 22 April 1943, the day of his arrival. Later on, he was put to work in the main camp as well as in various Kommandos in the Auschwitz complex including Eintrachthütte and Monowitz again. In January 1945, he was sent on the death march to Buchenwald, Natzweiler, and finally to Dachau. He was evacuated again, but was liberated on the road by the US Army. He returned to Belgium on 30 May, 1945.