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He recalls his large and close extended family; the small Jewish community and family life; attending a yeshiva in Sighet for eighteen months; antisemitism; Hungarian occupation; implementation of anti-Jewish measures; his two older brothers' draft into Hungarian forced labor battalions; German invasion; deportation with his family to Dej; three weeks of forced labor in an open field; deportation to Auschwitz; and separation from his parents and younger brother upon arrival (he never saw them again). Mr. P. vividly describes conditions in Auschwitz; learning about the gas chambers and that his family had perished there; agonizing appells; transfer with his brothers to Buchenwald, Zeitz, and back to Buchenwald; group prayers; factory work in Schlieben; starvation, beatings and humiliation; transfer to Flossenbürg; assistance from a Jewish kapo; transfer to Terezín; liberation by Soviet troops; hospitalization; reunion with his brothers; returning to Beclean; moving to Hungary, then to a displaced persons camp in Ulm; and emigration to the United States. He tells of his draft into the United States army; serving as a chaplain; dreams about his youngest brother, whose death he blames himself; and the importance of his frequent school visits to teach about the Holocaust. (Abstract)","This testimony is open with permission. (Conditions Governing Access)","Copyright has been transferred to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. 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