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	In January 1945 Yosel was one of many prisoners force-marched towards northern Germany. Liberated by the British on May 5, he eventually immigrated to America in 1947.		In January 1945 Yosel was one of many prisoners force-marched towards northern Germany. Liberated by the British on May 5, he eventually immigrated to America in 1947.

			== External links ==

			[[Category:Holocaust Children, 1927 (subject)\|1927 Coller]]
			[[Category:Holocaust Children, Poland (subject)\|1927 Coller]]

			[[Category:Lodz Ghetto (subject)\|1927 Coller]]

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'''Yosel Coller''' (M / Poland, 1927)

* <[[Lodz Ghetto]]> <[[Fuerstengrube]]> <[[Death March]]> -- <United States>

NOTES : Born August 10, 1927 in Lodz, Poland.

== USHMM's ID Card ==

One of six children, Yosel was raised in a religious Jewish family in Lodz, an industrial city in western Poland. His father was a businessman. At the age of 6, Yosel began attending a Jewish day school. His two older sisters attended public school in the morning and religious school in the afternoon. Yosel spent much of his free time playing soccer with his brothers.

1933-39: Yosel's family lived in a modest house in the northern section of Lodz. He went to a Jewish day school and had many friends there. September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland. Seven days later, he was kicking his soccer ball around the backyard when he suddenly saw German soldiers marching through the streets, some of them riding horses. Later, he heard a single gunshot. The Germans occupied Lodz, and annexed it to the Reich on November 9, 1939.

1940-44: Yosel and his sister waited in line all night at the bakery for bread, only to be kicked out in the morning when a Pole recognized them, shouting "Jews!" On the way to another bakery, they saw three Jews who had been hung in the street. They ran home. In late 1943 Yosel was deported from the ghetto to the Fuerstengrube labor camp in Poland. He worked in the mines, gathering loose coal and putting it into wagons. He did well because he was short and could fit in the small tunnels. He was fed only bread in the morning and soup at night.

In January 1945 Yosel was one of many prisoners force-marched towards northern Germany. Liberated by the British on May 5, he eventually immigrated to America in 1947.

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Gabriele Boccaccini at 23:28, 29 September 2020

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