Testimony of Moshe Horvitz, born in Miskolc, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in labor battalions

Testimony of Moshe Horvitz, born in Miskolc, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in labor battalions His childhood; descendent of the Tannenbaum and Neufeld rabbinical families. Draft of his father to labor battalions in Kunmadaras, battalion 107/304, 1942; meets refugees from Poland and Slovakia; German occupation; closure of the family store; deportation to the Sajoszentpeter Ghetto, May 1942; removal of young men from the ghetto by Horvat and transfer to labor battalions; forced labor in Jelsava in battalion 107/310; labor in farms and forests; unsuccessful attempts to escape; transfer to Palmonostora, September 1944; forced labor in forests; prayers on weekdays and religious holidays; attitude of the commanders; retreat in the direction of Budapest, November 1944; escape of many; air-raids on Budapest; hunger; attempts to obtain protective passports; rescue of young people by Jews wearing Arrow Cross uniforms; transfer to Ugocsa, January-February 1945; labor in forests under the supervision of the SS; meets Kasztner; meets survivors from a bunker in the Bratislava area, including Rabbi Weissmandl; obtains food for the survivors. Joins a group in Krunla with friends; move to Switzerland; search for relatives and finds his parents and sister; return to Hungary; aliya to Israel, 1950.