Testimony of Arnon Armand Melamed, born in Varna, Bulgaria, 1924, regarding his experiences in Karlovac and the Smedovo labor camp

Testimony of Arnon Armand Melamed, born in Varna, Bulgaria, 1924, regarding his experiences in Karlovac and the Smedovo labor camp Childhood; attends a German school; expulsion from school, 1939; Family's decision to move to Sofia; move to Karlovac, Yugoslavia, 1943; deportation to the Smedovo labor camp; camp life until liberation of Bulgaria by the Red Army, 1944. Return to Varna; joins a group intending to make aliya to Eretz Israel; unsuccessful aliya attempt; detention in Cyprus and escape with friends; aliya to Israel without certificates, August 1948.