Testimony of Prof. Avraham Brichta, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1936, regarding his experiences in hiding in Slovakia

Testimony of Prof. Avraham Brichta, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1936, regarding his experiences in hiding in Slovakia Childhood in Veľké Leváre; his grandfather is a butcher and his father works in a factory; deportation of family members to Poprad, Sereď, and Žilina camps; transfer by train to Auschwitz Birkenau; rescue of the family by a representative of the Jewish Center; removal from the train with the permission of the Germans; name of their savior is Tibor Toeth; the family finding a hiding place for two weeks with the help of Nathan, brother of Tibor Toeth; escape to Trnava; Hebrew studies with a teacher; leading a normal life; Slovak National Uprising; visit to Smolenice; finding a hiding place for the family with Dr. Mária Počuch and Imrich Počuch (both recognized as Righteous Among the Nations); living in a crowded place with six other people; escape to the attic; searches by the Germans; advance of the front; finding a hiding place in the forest; liberation by the Red Army; return to Trnava; aliya to Israel in 1949; acclimatization.