Testimony of Yan Steiner Hudi, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, Novaky, with the underground in Bratislava and Goerlitz

Testimony of Yan Steiner Hudi, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, Novaky, with the underground in Bratislava and Goerlitz Life before the war in Bratislava; his father is an officer in the Czechoslovakian Army; attends a state school; Hashomer Hatzair activities; aliya of his sister to Eretz Israel, 1938; move to a Jewish school, 1939. Deportation to Topolcany, late 1940; life in Topolcany; life with his mother and brother after the escape of his father; escape to farm owned by Jews, 1941; life on the farm; deportation of the family to Novaky, April 1942; camp life including agricultural labor; escape to Bratislava; escape to a camp; underground activities including weapons training; participates in the Slovak National Uprising including guard duty on the training camp; combat as a machine gunner; wounded, November 1944; escape and taken captive by the German Army; deportation to Goerlitz; camp life and help from Jewish Brigade POWs; beating by a German soldier; killing of the soldier with help from a friend and burying him in the snow; escape with a group; liberation by the US Army. Move to England; joins the Czechoslovakian Brigade; release from the Army, 1946; return to Bratislava; joins the Haganah; serves as a tank instructor; aliya to Israel, 1948.