Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

In 1943, David Grajower was taken to Auschwitz.

David Grajower cites: "They were sent to showers after which their whole body was shaved. The beds on which they slept were bare wood with no mattresses. David was sent to work in the river. It was the end of January 1944. The water was freezing. He had to stand in the water up to his ankles and take coarse sand out of the water with bare hands. Later, he worked in an ammunitions factory where 500 kg. bombs were made. While working there, David and his friends felt that their end was near. The daily atmosphere was of death all around."

On January 18, 1945, Aron Leibowicz was was put on a forced march from Auschwitz to Mauthausen.

In 1945, David Grajower was put on the Death March, from Auschwitz Konzentrationslager to Mauthausen-Gusen Konzentrationslager.
In May, 1945, when was liberated, David made his way to Linz, and was housed in an UNRA.

David Grajower met Rozea Varda Wechtel, his wife-to-be at the Linz-Bindermichl DP Camp.