Testimony of Oti (Yaakov) Goldberger, born in Kosice, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Budapest, in a labor battalion in Hungary and in Izbek

Testimony of Oti (Yaakov) Goldberger, born in Kosice, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Budapest, in a labor battalion in Hungary and in Izbek Activity in Hashomer Hatzair in Ostrava, 1938. Entry of the Germans; deportation to Bratislava and Budapest; joining the official Hashomer Hatzair leadership in Budapest; labor in mines in Izbek and educational activity for Hashomer Hatzair movement in Budapest; drafted to serve in a Hungarian labor battalion; forced labor in a factory dealing in combat weapons development of weapons; occupation of Hungary by the Germans, 09 March 1944; liberation. Illegal aliya to Eretz Israel via Romania, summer of 1944.