Testimony of Josef Kraus Keren, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Subotica, Budapest, Kistarcsa, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony of Josef Kraus Keren, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1924, regarding his experiences in Subotica, Budapest, Kistarcsa, Auschwitz and other places Life in Subotica before the war; secular family with hardships; witness attends a state school; membership in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; membership in the Blau-Weiss movement. Re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; anti-Jewish restrictions; transfer to forced labor; escape to Budapest; life in Budapest including life in his uncle's home; detention; escape to Subotica; life in Subotica including detention; sentenced to detention for three years; life as a political prisoner; release from detention, 1943; German occupation, 19 March 1944; deportation to Kistarcsa, 1944; camp life including labor in the home of a Hungarian officer; transfer to Auschwitz; unsuccessful attempt to escape from the train in Czechoslovakia; arrival to Auschwitz and camp registration process, 01 May 1944; camp life; transfer to Oberwuestegiersdorf; camp life including life in an abandoned factory; labor in a factory cutting wooden boards; assistant Kapo, named Zeigwerke; name of the camp commander, Swartz; unsuccessful attempt to escape; death march; Flossenbuerg camp life; transfer to Regensburg as a metalwork laborer; camp life including repair of a train; escape, April 1945; liberation. Return to Subotica, 08 August 1945; aliya to Israel, 1948.