Miki H. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Miki H., who was born in Kosino, Czechoslovakia in 1922, one of nine children. He recalls cordial relations with non-Jews; attending Hebrew and Czech schools, then gymnasium in Munka?cs; membership in Betar; his father's death in 1931; Hungarian occupation followed by violent antisemitism; working in 1941 as a watchmaker in Budapest; a year later being drafted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion in Puspoek Ladany; transfer to Sziylagy-Falu, Hajdubo?szo?rme?ny then Nyi?regyha?za; escaping and hiding in the fall of 1943; liberation by Soviet troops; joining a Jewish partisan group; being sent to a Soviet hospital when he was wounded; detention by Soviet troops for attempting to return to his hometown; receiving help from a Jewish center in Debrecen; returning home; return of his family home; reunion with a brother and two sisters; living with a sister in Kos?ice until 1949; emigrating to Israel with his siblings; and moving to the United States in 1964. Mr. H. discusses sharing his experiences with his daughter and hoping to visit his hometown with her in the future.

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