Viktor was born to a young married couple living in Pinsk, which was then part of Poland. When Viktor was born, the city was under the control of the German Nazi Army. When Viktor was about 18 months old, his parents and he were taken prisoner by the Nazis. They were ordered to trains where they were told to get inside a box car. En route to Dachau, Germany, they and other Polish people were packed inside the windowless box car so tightly that there was no room to sit. The family was held in Dachau briefly before being transported to Augsburg, Germany, where Viktor's parents were held as ostarbeiter, i.e., slave workers. Viktor got sick during the time of being moved from Pinsk to Augsburg. His parents believed that he had diphtheria. At the forced-labor camp in Augsburg, Viktor was in a "clinic." On the evening of December 31, 1943, his parents -- quartered separately in the camp -- were told to go to the "clinic" to see Viktor. Viktor was placed in his mother's arms. A Nazi doctor entered the room. The doctor used a needle to inject Viktor with something. Viktor immediately began convulsing. The doctor did nothing and left immediately. Viktor died quickly. His parents left and walked in the snow, crying, on New Year's Eve, 1943, slave laborers in a Nazi camp.
Viktor's burial information was unknown until December 2020 when documents surfaced after a search of documents held by the Arolsen Archives, of the International Center of Nazi Persecution.
NOTE: Four original documents found in the Arolsen Archives state that Viktor's remains were buried in Field 10. The grave site was not marked. Four years and three months after Viktor's death, his parents left Germany as displaced persons and lived the rest of their lives in the USA.
Viktor's burial information was unknown until December 2020 when documents surfaced after a search of documents held by the Arolsen Archives, of the International Center of Nazi Persecution.
NOTE: Four original documents found in the Arolsen Archives state that Viktor's remains were buried in Field 10. The grave site was not marked. Four years and three months after Viktor's death, his parents left Germany as displaced persons and lived the rest of their lives in the USA.
Viktor was born to a young married couple living in Pinsk, which was then part of Poland. When Viktor was born, the city was under the control of the German Nazi Army. When Viktor was about 18 months old, his parents and he were taken prisoner by the Nazis. They were ordered to trains where they were told to get inside a box car. En route to Dachau, Germany, they and other Polish people were packed inside the windowless box car so tightly that there was no room to sit. The family was held in Dachau briefly before being transported to Augsburg, Germany, where Viktor's parents were held as ostarbeiter, i.e., slave workers. Viktor got sick during the time of being moved from Pinsk to Augsburg. His parents believed that he had diphtheria. At the forced-labor camp in Augsburg, Viktor was in a "clinic." On the evening of December 31, 1943, his parents -- quartered separately in the camp -- were told to go to the "clinic" to see Viktor. Viktor was placed in his mother's arms. A Nazi doctor entered the room. The doctor used a needle to inject Viktor with something. Viktor immediately began convulsing. The doctor did nothing and left immediately. Viktor died quickly. His parents left and walked in the snow, crying, on New Year's Eve, 1943, slave laborers in a Nazi camp.
Viktor's burial information was unknown until December 2020 when documents surfaced after a search of documents held by the Arolsen Archives, of the International Center of Nazi Persecution.
NOTE: Four original documents found in the Arolsen Archives state that Viktor's remains were buried in Field 10. The grave site was not marked. Four years and three months after Viktor's death, his parents left Germany as displaced persons and lived the rest of their lives in the USA.
Viktor's burial information was unknown until December 2020 when documents surfaced after a search of documents held by the Arolsen Archives, of the International Center of Nazi Persecution.
NOTE: Four original documents found in the Arolsen Archives state that Viktor's remains were buried in Field 10. The grave site was not marked. Four years and three months after Viktor's death, his parents left Germany as displaced persons and lived the rest of their lives in the USA.
