Testimony of Shmuel Sheiner, born in Maramarosziget, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Maramarosziget Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Jaworzno, Bedestyl, on a death march and in Buchenwald

Testimony of Shmuel Sheiner, born in Maramarosziget, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Maramarosziget Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Jaworzno, Bedestyl, on a death march and in Buchenwald Life before the war; from a well-to-do hasidic family; relations with the non-Jewish population. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; displays of antisemitism; cruelty towards the Jews shown by the Arrow Cross members; escape of Jewish refugees from Lwow to Maramarosziget, 1943; knowledge concerning murder of Jews from the refugees; rabbinical prevention of escape by the family; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Maramarosziget Ghetto, April 1944; ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including floggings of Jews and decapitation of babies; separation from his parents and sisters; burning of his father with ultra-Orthodox Jews; transfer to the children's block in Auschwitz; building a bunker near Crematorium Number 3; burning of corpses by the Sonderkommando members; murder and burning of Sonderkommando members; replacement of the Sonderkommando members with other inmates; murder of Jews and throwing their bodies into pits; transfer to Jaworzno; camp life including labor; transfer to Bedestyl; life in Bedestyl including labor; abuse of Jews including wrestling matches between Jews; naked performances by young girls and sexual abuse; life in Auschwitz including evacuation of the camp, December 1944; death march in the snow without food, including murder of inmates by SS men; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life in the children's block; his brother’s death; the SS men flee, April 1945; rumors about German plans to blow up the camp; liberation by the US Army, 14 April 1945. Transfer to Switzerland with children; life in Switzerland including treatment and lessons; return to Romania; life in Romania including a family reunion; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Knesset Israel"; detention on Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel using a false identity, 1948.