Testimony of Aharon Alador Vilian, born in Backo Gradiste, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Backo Gradiste, Croatia, Budapest, the Szeged Ghetto and other places

Testimony of Aharon Alador Vilian, born in Backo Gradiste, Yugoslavia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Backo Gradiste, Croatia, Budapest, the Szeged Ghetto and other places Life before the war; Orthodox religious family; relations with the Serbian population; activities in the Beitar movement. Draft of his older brother into the Yugoslavian Army, 1939; his brother is taken captive by the Germans; re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; deportation to Croatia; life in Croatia including sleeping in forests; escape to Serbia; receives a family's home and belongings from Serbian neighbors; murder of Jews in Novi Sad and throwing them into the Danube River; escape to Budapest with his siblings, 1942; escape to Yugoslavia; attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel with help from the Youth Aliyah organization; his parents' disagreement regarding aliya; German occupation, March 1944; deportation to the Szeged Ghetto; Szeged Ghetto life including wearing the yellow badge; deportation to Gaenserndorf; life in Gaenserndorf including selection; transfer to Strasshof; transfer to Feldsberg Valtice; life in Feldsberg Valtice including labor in agriculture; murder threats; death march in Germany; crosses the border to Czechoslovakia; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Yugoslavia; aliya to Israel, 1948.