Testimony of Moshe Polak, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Viseul De Sus Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Kittlitztreben camps

Testimony of Moshe Polak, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Viseul De Sus Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Kittlitztreben camps Life before the war; religious family with hardships; witness learns in a "heder" and attends the state school until 1940. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; transfer to forced labor paving a road; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Viseul De Sus Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz on a train; transfer to Kittlitztreben; camp life; transfer to forced labor; disabled due to receiving beatings; evacuation of the camp; transfer of the inmates on a death march, February 1945; witness stays in the camp; liberation by the Red Army, 10 February 1945. Return to Romania, summer 1945; move to Bergen-Belsen DP camp; joins aliya training, 1946; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Kedmah" ship, August 1947.