Chanan Peled (nee Cepelunski) Story

June 20, 2006

Enclosed, please find my family story, as per your request.

My name is Chanan Peled (Cepelunski). I was born in 1929 in Oshmiany to my

Parents; Gdaliahu and Mahla Cepelunski.

On July 26th, 1941 (soon after they took over the area) . The German Nazis murdered my father with most of the Jewish men of Oshmuany,

 On October 2nd, 1941 we were deported out of our homes and

sent to the Ghetto at Oshmiany where my mother, my two sisters – Genia, Gita and

myself lived all together in one small room.

On August 1942 my two sisters were sent to Milligan, a labour camp in Lithuania.

On March 1943, upon the liquidation of Oshmiany Ghetto, my mother and I were allowed to join my sisters at Milligan labour camp where we slaved at paving roads.

On November 1943 we were transferred to a labour camp in the city of Jonishki where we slaved at constructing railroad tracks. On June 1944 we were transferred

To the concentration camp Shtuthof where men were separated from women. Consequently, I was separated from my mother and sisters. After two months at the

Shtuthof concentration camp I was able to move to the labour “camp no. 10 at

“Uting am Ammer See” which was part of “Dachau” concentration camp. On April 1945 we were transferred to Dachau concentration camp from where we were led on

the “Parade of Death”. On May 2nd, 1945 American Forces liberated us near a town called Wakirchen.

I on July 26th, 1941managed to arrive to Israel through Italy and Cyprus on January 1947, and on 1948

My mother and two sisters also survived the camps and I was reunited with my mother and sisters in Israel.

Today, I serve as the Chairman of the Registered “Organization of Oshmiany people in Israel”.

Yours Sincerely

Chanan Peled peledch@012.net.il>

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