 As the Soviet army advanced through Poland in January 1945, Teichtal and his family were among the inmates of Auschwitz transported deeper into Germany.Teichtal died in a train on his way to the Mauthausen concentration camp on the 10th of Shevat, 5705 (January 24, 1945).The following quote is from Rabbi Chayim Menachem Teichtal, relating an account of his father’s death on the train transport