Jakob Jancsi Hermann

Testimony of Jakob Jancsi Hermann, born in Ghimeş Făget, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Năsăud, the Bistriţa Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen and other places Family with many children; move between villages. Deportation of the family to Năsăud, 1940; life in Năsăud, 1941-1944; German occupation; decrees; deportation to the Bistriţa Ghetto, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to Gusen I; camp life including labor in the quarry and kitchen; transfer to Gunskirchen, March 1945; camp life including disease; the Germans flee, May 1945; liberation. Move to DP camps in Austria; search for relatives; joins Gachal in Austria; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; combat in the Palmach.