Blood Stained Feathers
The Life Story of a Shoah Survivor
(Nowy Sącz, Poland)
49°38' / 20°43'

Translation of
Notzot Adumot

by Mordechai Lustig

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Edited by Toby Bird

This is a translation of “Notzot Adumot”,
(Blood Stained Feathers; The Life Story of a Shoah Survivor); by Mordechai Lustig

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Blood Stained Feathers

Chapter Title Page

Introduction 1

1 Blood Soaked Feathers 17

2 The Sandz that I Knew 39

3 The Winds of War 78

4 The Liquidation of the Sandz Ghettos 106

5 The Hasidic City of Sandz is No Longer 126

6 From the Ritro Labor Camp to the Ghetto of Rzeszow 143

7 From Pustków Concentration Camp 158

8 Płaszów Concentration Camp 180

9 The Mauthausen–Gussen Concentration Camp Complex 213

10 The Liberation 253

11 Going to Brazil 270

12 On the way to Israel 290

13 Settling in the New Old Homeland 302

14 Building a Family 315

15 Active Retirement 335

16 Appendix 357

17 List of Jews in Sandz 360

18 Pictorial Chapter of Sandz 376

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Chapter	Title	Page
	Introduction	1
1	Blood Soaked Feathers	17
2	The Sandz that I Knew	39
3	The Winds of War	78
4	The Liquidation of the Sandz Ghettos	106
5	The Hasidic City of Sandz is No Longer	126
6	From the Ritro Labor Camp to the Ghetto of Rzeszow	143
7	From Pustków Concentration Camp	158
8	Płaszów Concentration Camp	180
9	The Mauthausen–Gussen Concentration Camp Complex	213
10	The Liberation	253
11	Going to Brazil	270
12	On the way to Israel	290
13	Settling in the New Old Homeland	302
14	Building a Family	315
15	Active Retirement	335
16	Appendix	357
17	List of Jews in Sandz	360
18	Pictorial Chapter of Sandz	376