Testimony of Shmuel Ervin Steier, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1939, regarding his experiences in Debrecen, the Debrecen Ghetto, Strasshof, Wien and other places

Testimony of Shmuel Ervin Steier, born in Debrecen, Hungary, 1939, regarding his experiences in Debrecen, the Debrecen Ghetto, Strasshof, Wien and other places His childhood in an Orthodox, religious family. Draft of his father to a labor battalion Ukraine, apparently in 1941; his father's return after being injured; life until 1944; German Army occupation of Debrecen, 1944; deportation to the Debrecen Ghetto; transfer to a brick factory, one month later; deportation on a train; change of the direction of the travel midway en route; transfer to Budapest; transfer on the same train to Strasshof, 30 June 1944; camp life for approximately two weeks; transfer to Wien, 13 July 1944; camp life in a camp established in a school, including the establishment of a school and a nursery school by his father, and chess games with the Austrian guards and the restriction of food; air-raids; life in Wien until late March 1945; transfer to Strasshof; transfer to a train, late March 1945; air-raid on the train, and return to the camp until the liberation; liberation by the Red Army, 10 April 1945. Move back to Debrecen, 05 May 1945; life in Debrecen until aliya to Israel; aliya to Israel with his family, 1950; life in Israel.