Testimony of Aharon Abramovitz, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1929, regarding his experiences in Sajmište, Albania; Bergen-Belsen; and the “lost train”

Testimony of Aharon Abramovitz, born in Pristina, Yugoslavia in 1929, regarding his experiences in Sajmište, Albania; Bergen-Belsen; and the “lost train” Childhood in Pristina; life in the Jewish community; his mother’s death; moving to Zagreb to live with relatives; outbreak of war in April 1941; expulsion of foreign residents from Croatia; return to Pristina; entry of Germans and transfer of regime to Italian army; his father’s death; supporting himself; move to Berat, Albania, where the Jews of Pristina were exiled; entry of Germans in September 1943; return to Pristina; arrest by Germans and Muslim 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) and transfer via Sajmište camp to Barracks 9 Sternlager in Bergen-Belsen; daily life; hunger; diseases; liberation of Trobitz; evacuation of “lost train” in April 1945 via Forst Lausitz transit camp to Dom orphanage in Beograd; aliya to Israel on the ship “Kefalos” in 1948; rebuilding his life.