Testimony of Chaim Heinrich Heinz Kirsch, born in Berlin, Germany, 1923, regarding his experiences in Berlin, Krakow, Bratislava, Rhodes, Ferramonti and other places

Testimony of Chaim Heinrich Heinz Kirsch, born in Berlin, Germany, 1923, regarding his experiences in Berlin, Krakow, Bratislava, Rhodes, Ferramonti and other places His childhood in Berlin, including attending the Kaiser Strasse school [the street location]; membership in the Bachad movement; move to Krakow. Life in Krakow including antisemitism and decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; escape to Bratislava; sets sail on the "Pencho" ship, and travel for seven months; halt of the ship in Hungary and Yugoslavia due to it being illegal; help from the Jewish community to obtain food in Athens; landing of the ship on a sandbar in Camila Nisi; discovery of the travelers by Italian and British aircraft; transfer to Rhodes by the Italians; establishment of a tent camp; visit by people from the Jewish community; tent camp life; receives letters from his aunt in Berlin; transfer to the Ferramonti DP camp by Italian soldiers; camp life including culture and the attitude of the Italians; meets emissaries from Eretz Israel; liberation. Meets Mordechai Zeira from Bari; life in Bari; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945.