Testimony of Shlomo Livne, born in Plavecky Svaty Mikulas, Czechoslovakia, 1932, regarding his experiences being hidden in a convent after his conversion, and his return to Judaism after the war
Family life; Aryanization of the family business, 1940; separation from his family; being hidden in a convent after his conversion and baptism in Tranava; life in an orphanage run by nuns; survival; liberation by the Red Army, 1945.
Reunion with his family; return to daily routine after the war; aliya to Israel with Youth Aliyah via Bari, Italy on the ship "Caserta", 1949; absorption in a kibbutz and a moshav.
Testimony of Miriam (Leimdorfer) Godlevitz, born in Zilina, Czechoslovakia, 1937, regarding her experiences in hiding in a village and Theresienstadt
Life in Bytca.
Outbreak of war; escape to a village; in hiding with her mother in a monastery; informed on; deportation to Theresienstadt; separation from her mother; life in Theresienstadt including life in the children's block; liberation.
Reunion with her mother; return to Zilina; joins Maccabi Hatzair; aliya to Israel with Youth Aliya onboard the ship "Transylvania", 1949.
Testimony of Erika (Kochnova) Katz, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1937, regarding her experiences in Bratislava, Novaky, Zvolen, Banska Bystrica and in hiding
Her parents' home; her father's work as an engineer, chemist and manager of a factory owned by the family;
Imposition of limitations, including prohibition on buying in shops; termination of the nanny's work; Yellow Badge; wearing of a small Yellow Badge by her parents due to their being essential to the state; wearing a regular Yellow Badge from 1942; enforcement of the limitations; confiscation of their apartment except for one room; entrance...