Testimony of Martha (Kovesh) Druckman, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in the Debrecen Ghetto, Strasshof and Moedling Liesing

Testimony of Martha (Kovesh) Druckman, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1934, regarding her experiences as a child in the Debrecen Ghetto, Strasshof and Moedling Liesing Life in Debrecen before the war; traditional family; purchase of a business by her family; registration of the business on the name of a non-Jewish partner. Draft of her father into the Hungarian Army; German occupation, March 1944; anti-Jewish decrees including restrictions on movement; yellow badge; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto; Debrecen Ghetto life; transfer to a brick factory; life in the brick factory; throwing of the family's jewels into a sewage pit; deportation to Strasshof with her grandmother, mother and sister; transfer to Moedling Liesing; camp life including labor with children in agriculture and cleaning; activities of the camp commander and his deputy; unsuccessful attempt to escape; liberation by the Red Army, spring 1945. Harassment by Red Army soldiers; return to Debrecen; life in Debrecen including reunion with her father; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Hagana" ship, 1946.