Testimony of Jehuda Greenwald, born in Bystre, Slovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Bystre, Giraltovce, the Novaky camp, Banska Bystrica and more

Testimony of Jehuda Greenwald, born in Bystre, Slovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences in Bystre, Giraltovce, the Novaky camp, Banska Bystrica and more Childhood in Bystre. Deportation of all the Jews of Bystre to Auschwitz, 1942; his family remains in Bystre due to his father's definition as an essential worker; in hiding in forests with his family, 1942; rescue from deportation on a transport to Auschwitz with help from a priest; deportation of his family to the prison in Giraltovce after hiding in the village, 1943; rescue from deportation to an extermination camp due to the wounding of his mother; return to Bystre, 1943; deportation to the Novaky camp, 1943; transfer to the free area in Banska Bystrica, 1944; the Slovak National Uprising, and German occupation, 1944; escape and in hiding, 1944; labor on a farm in Struso, 1945; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Return to Bystre, 1945; aliya training with Hapoel Hamizrachi in Kosice, 1945; aliya to Eretz Israel via France, 1947.