Moshe Maritzius Lib

Testimony of Mauricius Moshe Lib, born in Baia Mare, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Warsaw, Dachau and Allach Life before the war; witness's father is a tailor and his mother is a housewife; his mother's death, 1936. Annexation to Hungary, 1940; deportation to the Baia Mare Ghetto; life in a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; transfer to Warsaw camp; camp life; death march to Dachau; death of his father; Yom Kippur, 1944; death march to Allach; camp life; death of his brother from typhus; liberation by the US Army, May 1945. Life in Stalltach; move to Ipldorf; move to Feldafing DP camp, September 1945; move to Romania; life in Romania including work in commerce; move to Hungary; joins Bericha; disguise as an Austrian POW; move to the American occupied zone; move to Feldafing DP camp; move to Bamberg; joins Beitar; receives the alias Yehuda Moshkovitz; life in the Villa di Palgina near Lago Maggiore; aliya attempt on the ship, "Hatikvah"; deportation to Cyprus; return to using his real name; aliya to Eretz Israel, April 1948; life in Netanya; move to Moshav Mishmar Hayarden; capture by the Syrians, June 1948; captivity near Damascus in the Al Mazra’ah Prison; release, July 1949; joins Moshav Nordia as part of the Wedgwood Organization, August 1949.