Testimony of Dr. Alexander Svitak Stein, born in Hyby, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences during the war

Testimony of Dr. Alexander Svitak Stein, born in Hyby, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences during the war Medical studies in Praha until 1934; continued studies in Bratislava until 1936; work in a hospital in the eye department; conscription, October 1937; half-year service in Praha at a military school for medical officers; continued service in Bosany. The outbreak of war; release and return home; work in a pediatric ward hospital; German occupation; continuation of normal life until 1942; rumors of extermination; escape to the mountains; transfer to free Slovakia; seizure, 11/17/1944 and deportation to the Oranienbur camp; transfer to Berlin; forced labor; Muselmann; the approach of the Russians; a walk to the forest. Escape of German soldiers, May 3, 1945; post-war rehabilitation; poor mental and physical condition; life after the war; aliya to Israel in 1969; absorption.