Testimony of Michael Eran Oren Ehrenstain, born in Topolcany, Czechloslavokia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, a camp in Novaky, Banska Bystrica, in hiding in Haniska and more

Testimony of Michael Eran Oren Ehrenstain, born in Topolcany, Czechloslavokia, 1928, regarding his experiences as a child in Topolcany, a camp in Novaky, Banska Bystrica, in hiding in Haniska and more Life before the war. Anti-Jewish legislation, 1941; yellow badge; deportation of his brother to Auschwitz, spring 1942; exemption from expulsion due to his father's receiving an "Essential [for the Economy] Worker" certificate, summer of 1942; postcards from Auschwitz; decision to escape to Novaky, autumn 1942; -escape with the famly and slipping into a camp; camp life; deportation of Jews to Poland; transfer with his family to a deportation truck destined for Auschwitz on Yom Kippur (October 9) 1943; escape from the deportation truck with his family; resumption of life in the camp; Jewish underground activities; outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, August 1944; escape to Banska Bystrica with his family; life in Banska Bystrica; failure of the Slovak National Uprising and escape to the forests of Donovaly, October 1944; assistance from the partisans; escape to Haniska; life in Haniska hidden by a non-Jewish woman in exchange for money; search for Jews by Germans; repeated escapes to the forest; liberation by the Red Army, April 1945; Return to Topolcany; life in Topolcany; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.