Testimony of Tova Tishler, born in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Satoraljaujhely Ghetto, Auschwitz, Hertine, Theresienstadt and other places

Testimony of Tova Tishler, born in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Satoraljaujhely Ghetto, Auschwitz, Hertine, Theresienstadt and other places Life before the war; displays of antisemitism. German occupation, 20 March 1944; closure of the school, 05 April 1944; work apprenticeship as a watchmaker; deportation to the Satoraljaujhely Ghetto; Satoraljaujhely Ghetto life, including life in her grandmother's apartment; deportation of Jews; execution of the escapees; medical examinations in the synagogue before the deportation; collaboration of the Hungarians with the Germans; deportation to Auschwitz, 24 May 1944; camp life including extermination and the murder of her mother and sister; camp life in a block with her aunt and female cousin; sneaks into her father's block; steals food and transfers the food under the electric fence; attitude of the Kapo; life in block number 29 and number 30; selections by Mengele; extermination of the Hungarian Jews; evacuation of Lager C on Simchat Torah, October 1944; transfer to Hertine, 05 November 1944; camp life including labor packaging bombs in an ammunitions factory; help to the Jewish female inmates from Czech inmates and others; explosion of the factory by the Czechs; transfer to Theresienstadt via Litomerice, 21 April 1945; liberation. Mortality due to typhus disease; acts of revenge against the Germans; return to Budapest, late June 1945; visit in Satoraljaujhely; Nuremberg trial of the Kapo from Auschwitz; joins aliya training for young people in preparation for aliya to Eretz Israel; marriage, 1947; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 16 January 1948; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 20 August 1948.