Testimony of Moshe Ben-Ozer, born in Semeliskes, Lithuania, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Kaunas Ghetto, Landsberg, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and other camps

Testimony of Moshe Ben-Ozer, born in Semeliskes, Lithuania, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Kaunas Ghetto, Landsberg, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and other camps Childhood and family background including religious life in Kaunas. Soviet occupation; unsuccessful attempt to escape with the retreating Red Army soldiers; German occupation; deportation to the Kaunas Ghetto, August 1941; ghetto life including "Aktions"; liquidation of the ghetto and transfer to Landsberg; camp life including imprisonment; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including labor storing potatoes; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life including receiving Red Cross packages; liberation. Move to Dresden; life in the Feldafing DP camp; life in the Fohrenwald DP camp; aliya to Israel on the ship, "Altalena", 1948; enlists in the IDF.