Ralph Parker testimony

The collection includes a one-page testimony by Ralph R. Parker describing his experiences as a forced laborer, deportation to Auschwitz III (Buna-Monowitz) in 1943, forced march to Gleiwitz and Sachsenhausen, and liberation near Schwerin. Also included is a photocopy of a report given by Rolf Pakuscher (Ralph Parker) for a court case in Hamburg in 1946, describing conditions at Auschwitz. Ralph R. Parker (1920-2021) was born Rolf Pakuscher on October 29, 1920 in Berlin, Germany to Bruno (d. 1939) and Margarette (née Stensch) Pakuscher. He was a survivor of Auschwitz III (Buna-Monowitz), Gleiwitz, and Sachsenhausen. Ralph was liberated by the United States Army on a death march near Schwerin. After the war, he married Ruth Bartlet (1924-2003) and they immigrated to the United States in 1949 aboard the USS General Omar Bundy. They settled in Connecticut where he worked in the machinist industry and had one son, Ron Parker.