Testimony of Gantz Nachum Ostolish, born in Sacel, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Harzungen, Woffleben and other places

Testimony of Gantz Nachum Ostolish, born in Sacel, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Dragomiresti Ghetto, Auschwitz, Harzungen, Woffleben and other places From a large religious family with hardships; his father is a shoemaker; learns in a Romanian school and a "heder". Re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; restrictions on the Jews; termination of studies; life in the Dragomiresti Ghetto, 1943; his mother's death; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life; transfer to Harzungen; camp life including labor paving roads; transfer to Woffleben; camp life including labor in railroad storerooms; receives food from a German policeman; transfer to Ellrich; camp life including labor in a plaster factory and an attempt to maintain a religious way of life; end of the war; transfer to an aircraft factory; camp life; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Sacel; aliya training, 1945; aliya attempt, 1946; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Knesset Israel".