Testimony of Zeev Velvo Shimshovitz, born in Bedevla, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Bedevla, the Mateszalka Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gleiwitz and other places

Testimony of Zeev Velvo Shimshovitz, born in Bedevla, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences as a child in Bedevla, the Mateszalka Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gleiwitz and other places Life before the war; agricultural family; displays of antisemitism. Outbreak of the war; re-annexation to Hungary, 1940; anti-Jewish restrictions including the robbery of property; termination of studies; deportation of his father to forced labor; escape to Hungary, 1942; escape back to Bedevla; deportation to the Mateszalka Ghetto; Mateszalka Ghetto life; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life; attitude of the gendarmes and members of the Arrow Cross party; confiscation of valuables; selection; forced labor outside the camp; "Aktions" against children; escape and finds a hiding place in the Gypsies camp; selection; transfer to Gleiwitz on a truck; camp life including pretending to be a metalworker; labor digging; liquidation of the camp; transfer to Prague on foot; selection; transfer on foot to Flossenbuerg; camp life including labor in a laundry; transfer on a train including shelling of the train; death march to Dachau; life in Dachau; liberation by the US Army. Return to Czechoslovakia; aliya to Israel, 1948.