Testimony of Enrico Merko, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Magdeburg camp and other places

Testimony of Enrico Merko, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1925, regarding his experiences in Thessaloniki, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Magdeburg camp and other places Life before the war. Outbreak of the war, 1941; closure of the Jewish school; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1943; camp life in Auschwitz with two siblings and a brother-in-law; life of inactivity; search for skilled professionals and declares he is a shoemaker; selections; evacuation of the camp, 18 January 1945; transfer to Buchenwald; camp life including labor digging; transfer to Magdeburg camp; transfer to Sachsenhausen; transfer in a march in a difficult physical state with a limp; liberation by the Red Army. Move with wounded soldiers to Uzbekistan; convalescence in Uzbekistan; return to Greece, 1946; life in aliya training in Greece; aliya attempt, summer 1946; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, January 1947.