Testimony of Eliahu Garus, born in Velke Uherce, Czechoslovakia in 1919, regarding his leaving Slovakia in 1940 and his experiences in detention camp Ferramonti, Italy.

Testimony of Eliahu Garus,born in Velke Uherce,Czechoslovakia in 1919,regarding his leaving Slovakia in 1940 and his experiences in detention camp Ferramonti,Italy. Family background; orthodox family; living in village; attending school in Topolcany; activity in "Makabi Hatzair" movement; German occupation,1939; enrolment into labour battalions,1940; joining the aliya training; sailing from Bratislava to Romania; aliya on ship Pentcho; sinking of ship; rescued by Italians; arrest on Rhodes island; transfer to camp Ferramonti,Italy; liberation by Allies,1942; integration into the units of the land of Israel in the British army; getting permission to make aliya to Israel,1944; information regarding death of relatives in Poland.