Testimony of Miklós Pollák Péri, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1912, regarding his experiences in the labor battalions in Hungary, on the eastern front and in Herzebrock camp, Flossenbürg camp and Dachau

Testimony of Miklós Pollák Péri, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1912, regarding his experiences in the labor battalions in Hungary, on the eastern front and in Herzebrock camp, Flossenbürg camp and Dachau Deportation to forced labor, in Szászfenes, 09 September-13 December 1940; transfer to forced labor in Nagykáta, 05 June 1942; transfer to the eastern front; life in Kiev; life in Seredina Buda; torture; abuse by the guards Radnai József, István Pacsi, József Borza, István Csákvári and János Farkas, the commanders Ligeti [first name not known] and Dr. Károly Toronyi; the guard, József Borza murdered the forced laborer András Weber by tying him up outdoors in freezing cold weather; the guards and Pelikán [first name not known], commander of the medical department, caused the death of Pál Stern, a forced laborer suffering from a heart condition who was forced to work beyond his physical capabilities; retreat in the direction of Poland; being handed over to the Germans; deportation to Flossenbürg camp; arrival in Flossenbürg camp, 26 December 1944; camp life; roll calls; description of the hanging of six Russian inmates in the presence of the camp inmates; transfer to Herzebrock, 03 January 1945; arrival in the camp, 04 January 1945; camp life; labor in the construction of a tunnel and a factory; abuse by a Kapo and by work supervisors; deaths of many inmates as a result of total exhaustion; labor in three shifts; description of the suicide of Győző Körösi; hospitalization; transfer to Dachau, 12 April 1945; life on the road in open freight cars; arrival in Dachau, 14 April 1945; transfer to a detention camp; transfer to freight cars; life on the freight cars for three days without food; receiving a package from the Red Cross Organization; life on the road for eight days; arrival in the camp; transfer to an unknown destination, the next day; escape of SS soldiers; transfer to Mittenwald; life in Mittenwald; receiving food from the Red Cross and from the local population; liberation the next day by the US Army; Transfer to the Partenkirchen, Garmisch, Mittelwald and Oberammergau DP camps; return to Hungary; Interviewer: Kandel Klára.