Testimony of Reuven Ivan Karshai, born in Tisovec, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in hiding in Banska Stiavnica and Sajba

Testimony of Reuven Ivan Karshai, born in Tisovec, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, in hiding in Banska Stiavnica and Sajba Traditional family; move of the family to Bratislava; education. German occupation; decrees including anti-Jewish legislation and the yellow badge; deportation of his father to Auschwitz, where he perished; escape to Banska Stiavnica; life in hiding in a Slovakian teacher's home; the Slovak National Uprising, 1944; in hiding in hills and forests next to partisan units; escape to Sajba; life in hiding with a Slovakian family; massacre in Kremnica and escape of Jews to Hungary; liberation. Return to Bratislava; continuation of studies and activities in Hashomer Hatzair; aliya to Israel, 1949.