Testimony of Esther Iboia (Has) Frank, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Austria and Strasshof

Testimony of Esther Iboia (Has) Frank, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Austria and Strasshof Life before the war; Jewish and vocational education. Deportation of her siblings to labor camps; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto; anti-Jewish legislation including yellow badge; deportation to a brick factory; "Aktions" by Hungarian gendarmes and SS men; deportation to Austria; living quarters in a school; labor in the kitchen of a paint factory; transfer to Strasshof; transfer in the direction of Theresienstadt; British Army air-raids en route to Theresienstadt; escape of the Ukrainian guards; liberation by the Red Army; rape of women by Red Army soldiers. Return to Hungary with help from the Red Cross; Hashomer Hatzair aliya training; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Knesset Israel", 1946; detention in Cyprus; second aliya attempt, 1947; aliya of her parents, 1967.