Testimony of Itzhak Marcel Cohen, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1939' regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in the Sered camp, in Nitra and in the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps.

Testimony of Itzhak Marcel Cohen,born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1939' regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in the Sered camp, in Nitra and in the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps. Childhood in Bratislava before war; Jewish community institutions; deportation to Sered; birth of his brother in camp; his grandmother works as kitchen manager; grandfather's , father's and mother's work; family escape to region of Nitra,1944; agreement between Rabbi Schmuel Unger and German authorities regarding keeping control of the "Yeshiva" area as a safe region for Jews; family escapes back to Bratislava after one night; finding hideout in courtyard of a relative; discovered by Germans; deportation to Birkenau; getting number B14132 in camp; life in "children's barrack"; death march to the Auschwitz camp; liberation ; death of young brother at end of war; life with his mother in camp until his father's return and his mother's recovery; return to Bratislava; attending regional school; life under Russian authorities; aliya to Israel,1949.