Testimony of Gdaliyahu Doich, born in Lechinta, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in Lechinta, the Bistrita Ghetto, Auschwitz, Kaufering and Dachau

Testimony of Gdaliyahu Doich, born in Lechinta, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in Lechinta, the Bistrita Ghetto, Auschwitz, Kaufering and Dachau Childhood and family background; learns in a "heder" and a public school. German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Bistrita Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz by train; transfer to Kaufering camp II; labor flattening sand bags and clearing away rubble; transfer to Kaufering camp IV; camp life; transfer to Dachau; liberation by the US Army, late April 1945. Convalescence in hospital; unsuccessful attempt to make illegal aliya to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; aliya, 1948.