Numerous Jewish families that survived the Holocaust were those that worked (forced labor) in Piotrków factories. What was special was the fact that the families were allowed to stay together, mothers, fathers, and children. In December 1944, he and his son were sent to Buchenwald, while his wife was sent to Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen. In Buchenwald, he was separated from his son and sent to Berga, and from there, on a death march from which he was liberated by the Soviet Army on May 9, 1945. He reunited with his wife and son in Bergen-Belsen in June 1945.