Testimony of Khava (Shvartz) Katz, born in Lucenec, 1928, regarding her experiences in Lucenenc, Birkenau and Plaszow camps

Testimony of Khava (Shvartz) Katz, born in Lucenec, 1928, regarding her experiences in Lucenenc, Birkenau and Plaszow camps The family; annexation of the Hungary, 1938. Deportation of her grandmother from Topolcany to Auschwitz, 1942; Entry of the Germans, 19 March 1944; capture of her father and his deportation to Kistarcsa, 06 April 1944; yellow badge; concentration of the Jews of Lucenec and the surroundings, after Pesach 1944; details concerning the interrogation and torture of the well-to-do; deportation to a brick factory and attitude of the non-Jews; concentration on a farm; transport to Auschwitz, selection, disinfection, tattoo number A 18932, 16 June 1944; life in Birkenau camp; cruelty of the block elder and staff; transfer to Plaszow, 12 July, 1944; abuse; futile labor; Dr. Julia Tauber's cruelty towards her mother; dog attacks on the inmates; evacuation to Birkenau because of the Russian advance, late August 1944; life in the camp; entry of the Russians, January 1945; Rape, looting and the outbreak of typhoid; evacuation of the Russians to Katowice via Czestochowa; return home to Lucenec; aliya to Eretz Israel and joining Bnei Akiva training, 1947.