David Mitler

Testimony of David Mitler, born in Satu-Mare, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Targu-Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Fallersleben, Dernau, Dora-Nordhausen and other camps Life in Targu-Mures before the war; annexation of area by the Hungarians, 1940; entry of the Germans, 1944; deportation to ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to Fallersleben; camp life including forced labor constructing V1 missiles in the Volkswagen factory; forced labor constructing a camp by the French border; transfer to Dernau camp; deportation to Dora-Nordhausen; camp life; transfer to Ravensbrueck, April 1945; liberation at Ludwigslust. Return to Targu-Mures; active in the Bericha organization in Austria; aliya from Saalfelden to Eretz Israel via Bari on the "Lohamei HaGetaot" ship; deported to a detention camp in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel; participation in Israel's War of Independence.