Testimony of Avraham Sandor Bek, born in Szombathely, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Papa Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Muehldorf

Testimony of Avraham Sandor Bek, born in Szombathely, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Papa Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Muehldorf Life in Papa before the war; relations with non-Jews. German occupation; restrictions on the Jews; life in the Papa Ghetto including work on a farm; deportation of his brother to forced labor; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 04 July 1944; camp life with his father; separation from his father; transfer to Muehldorf, July 1944; camp life including building a subterranean factory; surgery on a wound in his leg with a pocket knife; labor peeling potatoes; pleuritis; skin infection; hospitalization in the clinic; rescue with help from a physician; receives work as a medic's assistant with help from a physician; transfer by train, late April 1945; liberation 02 May 1945. Convalescence in a hospital; return to Hungary; life in Hungary including knowledge regarding the fate of his family; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention on Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.