Testimony of Albert Baruch, born in Provadiya, Bulgaria, 1920, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Rudnik, Rupel, Gradeshnitsa and Smedovo

Testimony of Albert Baruch, born in Provadiya, Bulgaria, 1920, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Rudnik, Rupel, Gradeshnitsa and Smedovo From a poor family; his father is unemployed; attends a Jewish school; family move to Sofia; attends a Bulgarian school; displays of antisemitism at school. Termination of studies; drafted in labor battalions, 1942; transfer to Staro Orehovo; camp life including labor paving roads; transfer to Rudnik; camp life; transfer to Rupel; camp life including labor laying railroad tracks from January 1943; transfer to Gradeshnitsa; camp life including malaria epidemics, lice and fleas; transfer to Smedovo; camp life from July 1944; liberation by the Red Army, September 1944. David Ben-Gurion's visit in Bulgaria; aliya to Israel with his parents on the ship, "Bulgaria", 1949.