Tibor Ehrenfeld

“When we got to the village of Pusztavám, there was a company of intellectuals; some were from Rožňava, too. As we came they told us, we would be leaving in the evening. However, in the end, we didn´t move on, because the commander had a vacation and had left to Rožňava. His name was Jozef Varga. Well, except those people from our company and men placed in different houses, on the next day, some people of German nationality arrived. They led our people to the field, made them dig their own graves and shot them down. There was also one pharmacist and one doctor. They all were killed. Then, after the war, a reconstruction was done and 99% of them were identified. Now there is their memorial at the main Jewish cemetery.”

“Every other day there were different guards. At days there were old Germans, resp. old Austrians, and other times members of the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth), young boys with guns were guarding us. Those unable to walk were shot dead. After walking for several days already, I remember they began shooting near the village Eisenerz. The Germans lost some battle and when these guards found that out, they began shooting like mad. I don´t know exactly what month it was, but we weren´t too far from the camp. I remember there were some ironworks nearby as I saw the sign Hermann Göring Werke. Hundreds of people were killed that day. Then we were permitted to rest and they collected the people strong enough to bury the shot ones. I took advantage of them not paying too much of attention and went to pretend I needed to pee by one big tree. The group they chose was led away and I have never seen anyone of them anymore.”