Testimony of Antonin Antel Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, regarding his ‎experiences in the Chust Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Mauthausen camps, and forced labor in ‎Ebensee

Testimony of Antonin Antel Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, regarding his ‎experiences in the Chust Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Mauthausen camps, and forced labor in ‎Ebensee His childhood in a traditional home; his studies in a Czech secondary school; the Hungarian ‎invasion on 17 March 1939; the schools’ adoption of “Numerus Clausus” policy (Jewish quotas) in ‎‎1940; antisemitism; recruit of his father to the labor battalions in 1940; deportation of his family in ‎a freight train to Yasina and crossing the Dniester River to Ukraine on 15 July 1941; looting by ‎Ukrainians; failed attempt by the Ukrainian Militia to send them to Kamenetz Podosk; crossing the ‎Dniester River and returning to Chust in December 1941; German invasion in March 1944; wearing ‎the yellow badge; the cessation of studies; transfer to the closed ghetto in Chust; deportation of ‎his family to Auschwitz on 6 June 1944; transfer to Mauthausen and from there to forced labor in ‎Ebensee; his experiences in the camp; work paving roads; abuse of inmates; liberation by the ‎Americans on 7 May 1945; hospitalization in Linz; return to Chust and meeting with his mother and ‎sister; move to Czechoslovakia following the Russian invasion; exit permit to Bulgaria via ‎Yugoslavia and aliya to Israel via Wien on 9 September 1965; absorption. ‎ Dr. Motovitz founded the children’s surgical ward at Meir Medical Center in Israel and served as its ‎first director until his retirement.‎