Joint testimony of Martin Marco, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1911, and Menachem Marco Maron, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1922, regarding their experiences in Bucharest and Israel

Joint testimony of Martin Marco, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1911, and Menachem Marco Maron, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1922, regarding their experiences in Bucharest and Israel Testimony of Martin Marco: Events in Romania during World War I, 1914-1918; draft into the Romanian Army, 1932; serves as a stamp collector and philately expert in service to King Carol; life in Bucharest including antisemitism, 1930s; witness travels on missions to various cities in Europe in the context of his work as a consultant and expert for stamp collectors, and as an expert in the counterfeiting [forgery] of stamps, 1930s. Enlists in the Romanian Army; Romania joins with Germany in the war, 1941; move of three of his sisters [in attempt to make aliya] to Eretz Israel; death of his sisters on the "Struma" ship, which was sunk; his ousting from the Romanian Army in which he had served as a Romanian Army officer; forced labor as an engineer in the reconstruction and repair of railroad tracks damaged during the Allied air-raids, 1941-1944; liberation by the Red Army. Aliya to Israel, 1950; life in Israel. Testimony of Menachem Marco Maron: His childhood in Bucharest. Outbreak of the war, 1939; Romania joins with Germany in the war against the Soviet Union, 1941; forced labor in the context of the Romanian Army, on the Soviet border and in Bucharest, 1941; riots in Bucharest, 1942; move of three of his sisters [in attempt to make aliya] to Eretz Israel; death of his sisters on the "Struma" ship, which was sunk, 1942; air-raids in the Bucharest area, 1943-1944; receives protection due to his brother Martin's contacts with the royal family and the Romanian authorities; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Illegal aliya to Eretz Israel via Yugoslavia and Turkey on the "Haganah" ship, 1946; life in Israel.