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Testimony of Karol Schulcz, born in Neded, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in a work battalion near Voiniceni, near the border with Germany, in Mauthausen and Gunskirchen

Testimony

Testimony of Karol Schulcz, born in Neded, Czechoslovakia, 1921, regarding his experiences in a work battalion near Voiniceni, near the border with Germany, in Mauthausen and Gunskirchen From a well-to-do traditional Zionist family; attends a Jewish school and a local high school; registration for aliya to Eretz Israel with Agudat Israel; failure of the aliya and return home. Anti-Jewish laws; closing of the family coffee house; draft notice to report to a Hungarian Army labor battalion, 1942; his father's death, 1942; life in labor battalion 6/1; building a Hungarian Army training camp; transfer to the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jozef Schwartz, born in Bekecs, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Mohacs Mesto, Lazarea, Kosice and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Jozef Schwartz, born in Bekecs, Hungary, 1921, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Mohacs Mesto, Lazarea, Kosice and other places From an Orthodox family; Beitar and Hapoel Hamizrachi activities; learns in a yeshiva in Tokaj; drafted into a Hungarian Army labor battalion, October 1942; displays of antisemitism; transfer to the Yugoslavian border; transfer to Mohacs Mesto; identification of the Jewish soldiers with a yellow stripe, December 1942; sapper's course and course in building bridges; labor building bridges over the Danube river; transfer to Lazarea; forced labor;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Joseph Stern, born in Borsa, Romania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Arad, in labor battalions in Poland, Mukacevo, Oradea and in captivity in the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Joseph Stern, born in Borsa, Romania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Arad, in labor battalions in Poland, Mukacevo, Oradea and in captivity in the Soviet Union From a traditional family; education; burning of his village and its rehabilitation with help from the JDC, 1932; move to Cernauti; move to Arad. Re-annexation to Hungary; drafted to labor battalions; transfer to Poland; anti-Jewish decrees including yellow badge; transfer to Mukacevo; camp life including typhus; transfer to Oradea; capture by the Red Army; liberation. Return to Arad; move to Bucharest; move to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew