Testimony of Miriam Magdelena (Veis) Shulemzon, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Vaserli and Vienna

Testimony of Miriam Magdelena (Veis) Shulemzon, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Debrecen Ghetto, Vaserli and Vienna Life in Debrecen before the war; meets Jewish refugees from Slovakia, 1938 and 1939. Deportation of her father to a camp; her father's return, 1942; deportation of women over the age of 15 to forced labor; termination of studies; burning of Jewish property; plucking beards of Jewish men; Aryanization of businesses; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto, April 1944; ghetto life; transfer to a brick factory in Vaserli, late May 1944; life in Vaserli including suicides of Jews; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer back due to a mistake; transfer to Vienna; life in a school in Vienna; camp life including labor in a factory; receives clothing and food from Italian and French POWs; smuggling in food by local Austrians; wounded when a hand grenade explodes; Red Army approach; death march without food or water; escape with her parents and rescue from being shot. Move to Ybbs; aliya to Israel, 1948.