Testimony of Yitzhak Ernst Shlezinger, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, Vyhne and in hiding

Testimony of Yitzhak Ernst Shlezinger, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Topolcany, Vyhne and in hiding Life before the war; the witness' grandfather is head of the Jewish community; attends a Jewish school; life in Topolcany including the partition of Czechoslovakia. Outbreak of the war, 1939; restrictions on the Jews including ban on studies; Aryanization; deportation of Jews to Vyhne, 1942; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1942; Aryanization of family businesses; his brother's attempt to make aliya using a false identity; his brother is informed on and arrested; his brother's death; deportation of another brother to Auschwitz; deportation to Vyhne with his parents; camp life including administration of the camp by the Hlinka Guards; his father's work sewing; hospitalization and death of his father; German occupation, summer 1944; Slovak National Uprising and his mother’s escape to forests; finds a hiding place in a cellar; liberation. Return to Topolcany; aliya training; aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Providence", 1947.