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Oliver Lustig

Born

in Șoimeni , Romania

November 04, 1926

Died

April 19, 2017

Website

http://www.survivors-romania.org/index.php?lang...

Genre

Memoir, Biography, History

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Oliver Lustig is a survivor of the concentration camp Birkenau-Auschwitz. Based on his testimony, here are a few highlights of the incredible ordeal he and his family went through.

"I was born in Romania, in the village of Soimeni, district of Cluj (a part of Northern Transylvania which at the end of August 1940 was annexed to Hungary under the Horthy Government).

In the early hours of May 3, 1944, in all villages and townships across Northern Transylvania, Horthy gendarme troops pounded with their boots and rifles on the door of every Jewish household. Within a few minutes, flimsily dressed, the frightened Jews were listening to their sentence in a single overcrowded room. The chief gendarme, more yelling than talking, declared that we had b Oliver Lustig is a survivor of the concentration camp Birkenau-Auschwitz. Based on his testimony, here are a few highlights of the incredible ordeal he and his family went through.

"I was born in Romania, in the village of Soimeni, district of Cluj (a part of Northern Transylvania which at the end of August 1940 was annexed to Hungary under the Horthy Government).

In the early hours of May 3, 1944, in all villages and townships across Northern Transylvania, Horthy gendarme troops pounded with their boots and rifles on the door of every Jewish household. Within a few minutes, flimsily dressed, the frightened Jews were listening to their sentence in a single overcrowded room. The chief gendarme, more yelling than talking, declared that we had been arrested, stressing that whoever moved without permission would be liquidated on the spot... like a dog I will shoot him.
Next day at dawn, carrying all our belongings in our arms, we climbed into carts pulled by oxes and the convoy surrounded by gendarmes started moving toward the Cluj ghetto. On the 6th of June, with the fifth lot from the Cluj ghetto, our entire family was deported. Three nights and four days later, on the 9th of June - the train stopped for good on the "Death Ramp" of Birkenau-Auschwitz.
Myself (who was not yet 18), my brother Emilian (16) and my father Edmund (45) were sent to camp "E," barrack 19. After a few days, my father was sent to Mauthausen, from where he never returned. My brother Emilian and I were relocated to barrack 21, the so-called "Kinder Block" (the Children's Barrack).
My eldest sister Eva, age 19, stayed only a few weeks at Birkenau, at the women's detention center "C". Later, her ordeal continued through the concentration camps of Kaiserwald, Dundaga, Stutthof, and Malchow from where she was liberated by the american army.
At the end of September 1944, my brother Emilian and I were sent to successive K.Z.s subordinated to the Dachau central, starting with Kaufering 4, 9, then back to 4, and finally Landsberg. As long as I was in Birkenau camp "E", same as thousands of other 'Häftlings', I was not registered. When I walked through the gate of camp "E", we were counted and that number was added to the number of prisoners already inhabiting in the camp.
Now, on the day of my arrival to the Kaufering 4 camp, I at last became an individual once again: I became 'Häftling' nr. 112398, and my country of origin was noted in the record. I was freed on April 27, 1945."

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Upon his return from the deportation, the youngster Oliver Lustig completed that same year (1945) the last grade of high school, which he had missed due to the deportation. After passing the required exams, he attended the University of Cluj, "Economy Sciences" division. A few years after his graduation, he earned his PhD in Economy.
In the interim, he started working as a journalist for the military. He retired from the military with the degree of general-major.
Apart from with professional duties, he dedicated his entire career to preserving the memory of the events experienced during his youth, as eloquently reflected in the title of one of his volumes: "Once upon a time ... over there ... at Auschwitz".
Mr. Lustig is a member of the Writers Union in Romania. He continues to write and, above all, strives to instill in the young generation (as well as their educators) the duty of always preserving the memory of the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust, so that this unique and indescribable tragedy may never repeat itself. ...more

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“Oamenii - cei mai mulţi - mureau fără să-şi strige durerea. Neştiuţi de nimeni, nu voiau să deranjeze pe nimeni. Se stingeau în linişte. Poate se bucurau că au scăpat de suferinţe. Ori poate regretul era atât de mare încât îi copleşea.”
― Oliver Lustig, Limbajul morţii

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“A muri era un lucru atât de firesc încât nici pe mine nu mai mă inpresiona moartea. Înainte avusesem o teamă de-a dreptul bolnăvicioasă ; tremuram numai când auzeam vorbindu-se despre ea. Consideram că moartea opreşte nu numai viaţa celui pe care l-a secerat, ci şi a celor apropiaţi de victimă. Nu-mi puteam închipui că celui ce i-a murit un frate, un părinte, un copil mai poate să râdă, să se bucure, să dorească să trăiască. Dar acolo, în câteva luni am văzut atâta moarte şi în atâtea ipostaze, încât îmi devenise o veche cunoştinţă, care pentru mine nu mai avea nimic misterios.”
― Oliver Lustig, Limbajul morţii

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“Reuşisem din copilărie să mă obişnuiesc cu gândul că nu am aceleaşi drepturi cu cei de o seamă cu mine, că trebuie să-mi urmez drumul primid lovituri pe care nu le merit. Durerea ce mi-o provoca această stare de lucruri mi-o înăbuşeam în suflet, n-o arătam nimănui. Când ieşeam pe stradă eram egal cu ceilalţi. Acum, toţi mă arătau cu degetul, mă umileau cu privirile lor iscoditoare. Nici durerea din cel mai adânc unghdr al sufletului meu n-o mai puteam feri de a fi pângărită.”
― Oliver Lusting, Limbajul morţii

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