Testimony of Nathan Adler, born in Bystra Bereg, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Bystra Bereg, in hiding in Chust and Satu Mare, the Sekernice Ghetto, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony of Nathan Adler, born in Bystra Bereg, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Bystra Bereg, in hiding in Chust and Satu Mare, the Sekernice Ghetto, Auschwitz and other places Life before the war; from an Orthodox family; displays of antisemitism; pogroms against the Jews including damage to property, 1938. Outbreak of the war; re-annexation to Hungary; restrictions on Jews, 1939; deportation to an assembly point with Jews on Yom Kippur (01 October) 1941; transfer to Chust; transfer towards the east; escape from the train; finds a hiding place in Chust; life in Chust including changing hiding places; escape to Romania; finds a hiding place in the Satmar Yeshiva in Satu Mare; life in hiding in the yeshiva; German occupation; deportation to the Sekernice Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; camp life; transfer to Wolfsberg; life in Wolfsberg including digging tunnels; murder of children, January 1944; transfer to Ebensee on foot; life in Ebensee including digging tunnels; death of his uncle; liberation by the US Army. Receives medical treatment; return to Bystra Bereg; life in Bystra Bereg including hostility of the local residents; joins Dror-Habonim; aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "HaMaapil HaAlmoni", 1947.