Testimony of Yaakov Markovitz Miron, born in Kiskunmajsa, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in Budapest and as a forced laborer

Testimony of Yaakov Markovitz Miron, born in Kiskunmajsa, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in Budapest and as a forced laborer Life before the war; attends "heder" and a Hungarian school; Hashomer Hatzair activities. Outbreak of war; escape to Budapest; meets Jewish refugees from Poland and Czechoslovakia; information on the murder of Jews; studies to become an electrician; help for refugees including preparing forged documents and smuggling across the border; deportation to a Hungarian Army labor camp, 1943; camp life including labor digging and preparing forged documents; information on the fate of his family; escape. Smuggling activities across the border including finding places to cross and cooperation with youth movements; move to Romania on the "Orient Express" train, and from there to Yugoslavia; aliya to Israel, 1948.