Testimony of Avraham Veis, born in Bekescsaba, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in Bekescsaba, Budapest, the Papa Ghetto, a labor battalion in Csepel and other places

Testimony of Avraham Veis, born in Bekescsaba, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in Bekescsaba, Budapest, the Papa Ghetto, a labor battalion in Csepel and other places Life in Bekescsaba before the war; ultra-Orthodox family; witness learns in a yeshiva until its closure; return to his family's home, 1937. Escape to Budapest, 1940; life in Budapest including studies; escape to Papa using a false Jewish identity, 1943; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Papa Ghetto; escape to Budapest using a false non-Jewish identity; transfer to a labor battalion, May 1944; transfer to Csepel, life in Csepel including labor in oil refineries and a paper factory; keeps kosher; maintains contact with his family; keeps Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur; transfer to Fertorakos, October 1944; life in Fertorakos including labor digging anti-tank trenches; prayer and laying of tefillin; unsuccessful attempt to escape; death march to Mauthausen; transfer to Gunskirchen; life in Gunskirchen including exhaustion and illness; liberation by the US Army. Life in a hospital until October 1945; return to Budapest; aliya training with the Bnei Akiva movement; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1946; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.