Testimony of Alexander Hershkovitz, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Melk, Mauthausen, Gunskirchen and other places

Testimony of Alexander Hershkovitz, born in Somcuta Mare, Romania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Baia Mare Ghetto, Auschwitz, Melk, Mauthausen, Gunskirchen and other places Life under Hungarian rule, 1940; deportation to the Baia Mare Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to Melk; camp life including forced labor in an ammunitions factory; death march to Mauthausen and Gunskirchen, 1944; camp life including hunger and acts of cannibalism; liberation by the US Army, 1945. Hospitalization and rehabilitation in a hospital in Linz; move back to Budapest; move back to Baia Sprie, 1945; life in Romania during the Communist regime; aliya to Israel, 1964; life in Israel.