Testimony of Yehuda Haleman, born in Cluj, Romania in 1928, regarding his experiences in the ‎Cluj Ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz and Kaufering

Testimony of Yehuda Haleman, born in Cluj, Romania in 1928, regarding his experiences in the ‎Cluj Ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz and Kaufering His parents’ house; cessation of studies following the closure of the yeshivas in 1942; food ‎rationing; entry of the Germans in March 1944; Slovakian refugees; the yellow badge; restrictions ‎on movement; prohibition on traveling on public transportation; deportation to the ghetto on 3 ‎May 1944; Kastner’s speech in the ghetto to encourage people to go out to work; deportation to ‎Auschwitz on the last transport; selection; quarters in the gypsy camp; personal ID number 71854 ‎stamped on clothing; transfer to Camp 3 in the Kaufering work camp; forced labor in October ‎‎1944; secret prayers in a minyan (quorum of 10) on Rosh Hashana holiday; labor in Landsberg and ‎help from the residents; the Turkheim Commando; collecting bodies and throwing them into a ‎mass grave; typhus; information about the war; air raids on the camp; packages from the Red ‎Cross; march to Allach Camp; fleeing of the German guards; entry of the American army; move to ‎Feldafing; meeting with soldiers from the Jewish Brigade; move to Italy; illegal border crossing and ‎return to Feldafing to meet with his father; move to Budapest; return home in December 1945; ‎rehabilitation after the war; permit to make aliya in October 1950; aliya to Israel on the ship ‎Transylvania; absorption. ‎