Testimony of Michael Marci Hershkovitz Ofri, born in Dombovar, 1922, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Dombovar, Gorgenyoroszfalu, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen camp and other places

Testimony of Michael Marci Hershkovitz Ofri, born in Dombovar, 1922, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Dombovar, Gorgenyoroszfalu, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen camp and other places Family life before the war; his father is a cantor; community leaders forbid Zionist activities; studies in Budapest. Drafted to forced labor, October 1943; Yom Kippur in Cluj; forced labor building an air field in Gorgenyoroszfalu; transfer to Ferihegy; builds an airfield in Rakoshegy, winter 1943; German occupation, May 1944; removal of Jewish belongings from Rakoshegy; transfer to Ersekujvar, autumn, 1944; escape, October 1944; handed over to the Germans in Hegyeshalom, March 1945; death march to Mauthausen; camp life; transfer to Gunskirchen; camp life; liberation by the US Army, May 1945. Hospitalization in Austria until December 1945; further hospitalization in Budapest; en route with Bericha, 1947; aliya training in Italy; aliya to Eretz Israel as a tourist, 14 May 1948.