Testimony of Esther Ela (Kenig) Berkovitz, born in Ujfeherto, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences in Szerencs, Budapest, Satoraljaujhely and Auschwitz

Testimony of Esther Ela (Kenig) Berkovitz, born in Ujfeherto, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences in Szerencs, Budapest, Satoraljaujhely and Auschwitz Life before the war; move to Szerencs, 1926. Life in Szerencs including anti-Jewish restrictions, 1940; yellow badge; curfew at night; displays of antisemitism; draft of her brothers to forced labor; escape to Budapest, 1944; escape to her family's home using forged documents, Pesach (April) 1944; transfer with Jews to the synagogue; deportation to Satoraljaujhely; life in Satoraljaujhely in her aunt's home; labor in a psychiatric hospital; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life with her sister; death of her parents; labor in the "Sziling" factory producing aircraft parts; abandonment of the camp by the Germans; liberation by the Red Army, 08 March 1945. Attack on women in the camp by Red Army soldiers; escape to Reichenbach; move to Vienna by train; life in Vienna including meeting emissaries from Eretz Israel; meets Jewish Brigade soldiers; receives food from the JDC organization; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on fishing ships; capture of the ship by the British Army; detention in Cyprus, 1946; aliya to Israel, 1948.