Testimony of Reuven Monovitz, born in Czestochowa, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto and a HASAG labor camp

Testimony of Reuven Monovitz, born in Czestochowa, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Czestochowa Ghetto and a HASAG labor camp Family before the war; displays of antisemitism. Outbreak of war; escape to village; return to Czestochowa; forced labor for the Germans; establishment of ghetto, April 1941; ghetto life until the "Aktion" of 22 September 1942; liquidation of ghetto; deportation to forced labor in a HASAG factory; attempt to escape from the small ghetto; hiding in the mikveh (ritual bath); life in the small ghetto including forced labor; detention by the Jewish police; saved from being returned to HASAG camp; sick and hospitalized under the protection of the director; organizing for ghetto uprising, June 1943; liquidation of ghetto and second deportation to HASAG; transfer of camp responsibility to the SS; liberation. Search for relatives; activity in framework of Hashomer Hatzair training.