Testimony of Joseph Stern, born in Borsa, Romania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Arad, in labor battalions in Poland, Mukacevo, Oradea and in captivity in the Soviet Union

Testimony of Joseph Stern, born in Borsa, Romania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Arad, in labor battalions in Poland, Mukacevo, Oradea and in captivity in the Soviet Union From a traditional family; education; burning of his village and its rehabilitation with help from the JDC, 1932; move to Cernauti; move to Arad. Re-annexation to Hungary; drafted to labor battalions; transfer to Poland; anti-Jewish decrees including yellow badge; transfer to Mukacevo; camp life including typhus; transfer to Oradea; capture by the Red Army; liberation. Return to Arad; move to Bucharest; move to Budapest; joins Hanoar Hatzioni; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet, 1946; detention in Atlit; release; reunion with siblings.