Yehuda Adler

Testimony of Yehuda Adler, born in Horn, Austria, 1931, regarding his experiences in Austria and aliya to Eretz Israel in 1940 Life in Horn without displays of antisemitism. Annexation of Austria, March 1938; confiscation of property from the family's shop and later its liquidation; deportation from the city to Vienna within 24 hours, summer 1938; life in the Jewish quarter with his grandparents; attends a Jewish school; deportation of his father to Dachau, November 1938; his father's release after his mother obtained visas for China, six months later; payment of a large sum of money to the Germans and departure to Bratislava in a train full of Jews, December 1939; detention in a hotel, at first; detention in an abandoned army camp in relatively comfortable conditions, for nine months; departure on six German river boats until arrival to Romania, August 1940; continuation of travel on the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea on three rickety wooden ships; transfer to the "Patria" ship which was sunk; transfer by British soldiers to a lifeboat and arrival to Haifa; detention in Atlit camp; release, six months later.