Testimony of Zoltan Zeev Eizenberger, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding his experiences in Patronka camp and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939

Testimony of Zoltan Zeev Eizenberger, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1918, regarding his experiences in Patronka camp and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 Life in an Orthodox, religious family; activities in Zionist youth movements. Deportation with non-citizens to a forested area, November 1938; transfer with the deportees to Patronka camp, with help from the community committee; stay in camp until December 1938; brutal attitude of the gendarmes; robbery of property and valuables; obtaining of permits by the community committee for aliya to Eretz Israel; receives four permits; halt of their travel by the sea captain, and his demand for valuables and money; aliya to Eretz Israel, September 1939. Fate of his other family members.