Testimony of David Weiss, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Strasshof, Vienna, Mauthausen and other places

Testimony of David Weiss, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Strasshof, Vienna, Mauthausen and other places Life in Debrecen before the war; religious family; witness learns in a "heder" and attends a Jewish school. Transfer of his father to a camp; escape of his father to the United States; witness leaves the school; help to his mother in the administration of the family's textile factory; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto; Debrecen Ghetto life including labor clearing rubble; deportation to a brick factory; transfer to Poland; life on the train including halt due to air-raids on the railroad tracks; transfer back to Hungary; transfer to Strasshof; transfer to Vienna; life in Vienna in a school building; labor constructing a roof; transfer to the Hungarian border with a group of young people, October 1944; life on the Hungarian border including labor digging trenches; death march to Mauthausen, February 1945; life in Mauthausen including lack of activity; death march to Gunskirchen; life in Gunskirchen; liberation by the US Army, 05 May 1945. Move to Hoersching with his cousin; life in Hoersching; return to Debrecen; life in Debrecen with his family members; move to Austria; move to Germany; DP camp life in Germany; move to the United States, 1947.