Testimony of Zvi Herman Ludvig Steiner, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Hlohovec, Topolcany, in hiding, in Banska Bystrica and other places

Testimony of Zvi Herman Ludvig Steiner, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1931, regarding his experiences in Bratislava, Hlohovec, Topolcany, in hiding, in Banska Bystrica and other places His childhood in Bratislava; displays of antisemitism, 1938. [Arrival of] Jewish refugees from Austria; his family's unsuccessful attempts to leave the country under Slovakian protection; decree regarding wearing a yellow badge, 1941; marking of Jewish homes; Aryanization of the family's book shop; closure of the Jewish school; deportation of his father to Auschwitz, summer 1942; escape with his mother and siblings; life in Hlohovec and in various villages in the area; Slovak National Uprising, August 1944; escape to villages in the Topolcany area; in hiding with other Jews; detention by the Germans after being informed on; escape to Banska Bystrica; approach of the German Army; escape to the mountains; his sister joins the partisans; disappearance of his brother; disappearance of his mother; witness joins the partisans; leaves the partisans; receives help from farmers; hospitalization in a hospital in Banska Bystrica; liberation by the Red Army, March 1945. Reunion with his mother and brother, who survived; move back to Bratislava; aliya to Israel, 1948.