Abraham Herschkovitz

Testimony of Abraham Herschkovitz, born in Zalaszentmihalyfa, Hungary, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Birkenau, Buchenwald and Theresienstadt Life before the war; move to Debrecen; community life; displays of antisemitism; attends public school and "heder"; arrival of refugees from Poland; anti-Jewish decrees; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto; deportation to Birkenau; camp life including his parents' deaths; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life including air-raids on the camp; death march to Theresienstadt; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Hungary; search for relatives; move to Budapest; preparations for aliya; acquires a profession; aliya to Israel via Italy, 1949.