Testimony of Israel Kasovicz, born in Cluj, (Hungary) Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child on the Kasztner train and in Bergen-Belsen

Testimony of Israel Kasovicz, born in Cluj, (Hungary) Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child on the Kasztner train and in Bergen-Belsen Family life; the Jewish community; studies; Gordonia activities by his father. Transfer to Cluj as refugees; draft of his father to labor service and to forced labor; desertion of his father; murder; numerus clausus and numerus nullus; arrest and interrogations; transfer to Budapest and being hidden in Jewish homes; his family joins the Kasztner group following his father's request; transport on a train to Bergen-Belsen and a stopover in Linz, Austria; separation from the Kasztner group and stay in Bergen-Belsen for several months; roll calls (Appel) and hunger in the camp; camp life; deaths from typhus; transfer to an unknown location; arrival at the Farsleben village near Magdeburg, Germany; death of his father; liberation by the US Army, April 1945. Return to Romania and rehabilitation after the war; aliya to Israel, 1972; absorption.