Alexander Karp - September 14, 1995
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Alexander Karp was born in Nyirmada, Hungary and grew up in Kisvarda, Hungary. When the Germans invaded Hungary, Alexander and his family were forced into the Kisvarda ghetto. After two months in the ghetto, he was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and then to a camp in France to do forced labor. From there he was moved to Kochendorf and then Dachau. Alexander was liberated in Mittenwald while on a death march from Dachau. After liberation Alexander returned to Hungary before moving to Canada and then to the United States.
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- Life Before the War in Baktalórántháza
- Religious Life
- Family
- Contact with Non-Jews Before the War
- Politics
- Political Changes in the 1930s
- Political Discussions at Home
- Extended Family
- Ghetto in Kisvarda
- Conditions in the Ghetto
- Transport to Birkenau
- Shavuot
- Arriving at Birkenau
- Conditions in Birkenau
- Work Assignment
- Kapo's Assistant
- Incidents Thiel
- Underground Airplane Factory in Kochendorf
- Picking Apples
- Cyclone Fence
- Executions in Kochedorf
- Trying to Get Extra Food
- Deteriorating Conditions in Kochendorf
- Evacuation from Kochendorf
- Dachau
- Liberation
- Travels Home
- Reunion with Father
- Interaction with Non-Jews after the War
- Reaction to Experience
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