The experiences of Gerry Holts, born in Sudetenland in 1911, in Sudetenland and in Mauthausen camp

Childhood in Sudetenland during and after World War I; economic distress in the twenties; the annexation of the area in 1938 and the loss of work at the factory due to being Jewish; escape and wandering from place to place; arrest, interrogation and deportation to Mauthausen camp in February 1945; liberation; reunion with his parents and sister; marriage in 1946; stay in different places in Slovakia; arrest and charge of espionage; released after 4 months; escape to West Germany when he was seve...