Testimony of Yitzkhak Ganzel, born in Bercel, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Balassagyarmat Ghetto and other places

Testimony of Yitzkhak Ganzel, born in Bercel, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Balassagyarmat Ghetto and other places The father is a lumber merchant, one of the community leaders, treasurer and writes the community's protocols. German occupation, March 1944; yellow badge; the home is emptied of furniture and valuables; deportation to the Balassagyarmat Ghetto; closed ghetto; Hungarian gendarmes; draft of the witness to labor battalions and forced labor; organization of the battalions in Szeseny; the battalions were sent 40 km from Budapest to Kishunlachaza; life in homes of Jews who were deported; railway lines were fixed after they were bombed, later October 1944; crosses the Austrian border to dig anti-tank trenches under German guard; death march and arrival in Gunskirchen; description of the stay in the camp under conditions of starvation; liberation by the US Army and evacuation of inmates to Linz. Recovery; aliya emissaries from Eretz Israel and illegal aliya to Eretz Israel; one-on-one combat training; arrival to the Bakar Port in Yugoslavia and boards the ship "Knesset Yisrael", October 1946; aliya attempt; detention in Cyprus; life in detention; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947; absorption and rehabilitation.