Memoirs of Emil Fuerst Knieza regarding religious life in the camps of the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion)

Memoirs of Emil Fuerst Knieza regarding religious life in the camps of the VI Pracovny Prapor (Sixth Labor Battalion) Reporting to the military camp in Humenne, March 1941; holding prayer services and serving of kosher food in the camp; treatment of the Jews by the Slovak soldiers including permitting them to stay in touch with the Jewish population outside the camp; outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union; transfer of the group to Limnik; camp life including forced labor for approximately 60 hours a week and wearing prison clothing instead of army uniforms; staffing of the camp headquarters by Slovaks and Germans; existence of religious life in the camp including the observance of Shabbat; transfer of the group to Zahor, early 1942; deportation of approximately half of the Jews to camps in the East, until summer 1942; arrival of the rest of the group to Kostolna, December 1943; escape of some group members and their joining the partisans. Comments: Translation of the memoirs from Slovak to Hebrew; - Transfer of Knieza's photograph to the Photo Archives at Yad Vashem.