Jan Komski(1915-2002) a Polish Christian, was among the first prisoner transport to arrive in Auschwitz German Camp. Number in Auschwitz German Camp: 564 ! He managed to escape and was later captured under different name and sent back to the camp. As an artist and graduate of the Krakow Fine Arts Academy, he sketched and painted scenes from everyday life in the German concentration camps. He survived Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Gross-Rosen, Sachsenhausen, and Dachau German death camps. 5 German death camps. On June 14, 1940, Mr. Komski was in the first group of about 750 prisoners assigned to Auschwitz, in German occupied Poland, on the day it opened. His number, 564, was tattooed on his forearm. On April 29, 1945, he was in the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. Camp was liberated by the U.S. Army. "Then I see first one American, and then a second and a third. Within half an hour, the whole camp was decorated with flags of all nations, probably sewn together and hidden for a long time" General Patton's boys liberated that camp. After the war Jan Komski emigrated to the USA and worked for the Washington Post as an illustrator. Author: Maczekgeneral Keywords: Komski Jan Baraś 564 Auschwitz Buchenwald Gross-Rosen Sachsenhausen Dachau death camps Washington Poles Polish Patton Added: July 10, 2008
