Testimony of Asher Zohar, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion and Mauthausen

Testimony of Asher Zohar, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion and Mauthausen Family with many children; his father is a shoemaker; move to Pesterzsebet; move to Sarospatak; completion of studies in a Hungarian high school; displays of antisemitism; move to Budapest; life in Budapest. Draft into the army, 1943; posted to a labor battalion, late 1943; transfer to the Yugoslavian border; life in the unit including labor digging anti-tank trenches; transfer to the Hungarian border; labor digging pits; unsuccessful escape attempt; joins a unit of skilled professionals; wanderings with the unit; transfer to Sopron to an Austrian military unit, 1944; life under Austrian protection including labor in electricity; transfer to Mauthausen; camp life including forced labor in a quarry; typhus; liberation by the US Army. Convalescence in a hospital in Gusen; return to Budapest; move to Sarospatak; joins Dror-Habonim; aliya to Israel, 1949.