Herta Sakov

Testimony of Herta (Fogel) Sakov, born in Piestany, Slovakia, 1928, regarding her experiences in Piestany, Nove Mesto and in hiding in Krajne Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1939; restrictions on the Jews; detention of her father by the Helinka Guard and his release in exchange for a bribe; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Italy; obtains forged documents; joins the Madchen Bund Deutscher movement as a camoflauge; escape to the hills in Nove Mesto; life in the hills, 1943; rescue from deportation to Auschwitz; joins relatives being hidden by a family in Krajne; life in hiding in a bunker including the fighting above the bunker; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Piestany; life in Piestany including education; move to Prague; life in Prague including aliya training wth Hashomer Hatzair; aliya to Israel, 1949; starts a family.