Testimony of Haim Andre Burger Zur, born in Michalovce, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Bratislava, Kistarcsa camp, his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944, and other experiences

Testimony of Haim Andre Burger Zur, born in Michalovce, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Bratislava, Kistarcsa camp, his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944, and other experiences Life before the war; death of his father, and move of the witness to Kosice Mesto; life in Kosice Mesto in a Jewish orphanage; joins the Hashomer Hatzair movement; move to his uncle's home in the center of Hungary; life in his uncle's home; work in his uncle's shop, 1938; move to Budapest by order of the movement; life in Budapest; work in various places; plans in preparation for aliya to Eretz Israel. Detention as a non-citizen of Hungary; deportation to a camp, 1942; deportation to Slovakia; life in Bratislava; receives help from the Jewish community; escape to Kosice; life in Kosice; meets his mother; escape to Budapest; life in hiding in Budapest; German occupation, 19 March 1944; capture, and deportation to Kistarcsa; camp life; wearing of a yellow badge; selection; transfer to a labor battalion; escape during a departure from the camp; liberation by the Red Army, 23 August 1944; escape to Turkey by ship; escape to Eretz Israel on a train, November 1944.