Testimony of Tomas Cherni, born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding his experiences using a false identity in monasteries in Travnik, Pecs and Budapest

Testimony of Tomas Cherni, born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding his experiences using a false identity in monasteries in Travnik, Pecs and Budapest From a well-to-do family; relations with the non-Jewish population. Outbreak of the war; obtains forged documents; escape to Travnik using a false identity; life in hiding in a Jesuit monastery; escape to Pecs; life in hiding in a Franciscan monastery; escape to Budapest; massacre in Novi Sad; deportation of his father, 1943; deportation of his mother to Auschwitz, 1944; end of the war. Return to Novi Sad; return of the home and property by a German officer; reunion with relatives; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; recognition of the officer as a Righteous Among the Nations.