Testimony of Josef Heiman, born in Szolnok, Hungary, 1922, regarding enlistment in labor troops in the Hungarian army, 1942-1945

Testimony of Josef Heiman, born in Szolnok, Hungary, 1922, regarding enlistment in labor battalions in the Hungarian army, 1942-1945 Childhood in a religious family lacking economic means; studies in a Jewish school and then in a general school. Anti-Jewish legislation; restrictions on the employment of Jews in public office; limitation on the number of students in universities (Numerus clausus); conscription into the Hungarian army for labor battalions, 1942; anti-Semitic incidents in the labor battalions; heavy penalties; transfer of the battalion to Austria, 1944; fortification works near Wien. Liberation by the U.S. Army; hospitalization due to poor health; typhoid; recovery; return to Szolnok, 1945; news of the murder of his relatives; meeting with his sister; aliya to Israel in 1957; absorption.