Imprisoned in BereHovo Ghetto, 1944 Dr. Avital’s Journey: Part 1 Born 1928, in Bilke, Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia Arrested with his family 1944, and imprisoned in BereHovo Ghetto, Hungary Transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland, transferred to Plaszow Transferred to Gross-Rosen concentration camp, Poland Sent to Bolkenheim subcamp Sent to Reichenau subcamp Taken on Death March to Buchenwald concentration camp, Germany Liberated by US Army April 11th, 1945 in Buchenwald, Germany Dr. Moshe Avital www.hhrecny.org Buchenwald, Liberated in 1945 Reichenau Gross-Rosen Death March Auschwitz Bolkenheim Plaszow Born in Ruthenia 1928 Imprisoned in BereHovo Ghetto, 1944

Freight Boat Intercepted by the British Navy Makeshift Hospital in Bunchenwald Transferred to Ecouis for recuperation Joined Aliyah Bet Movement Freight Boat Intercepted by the British Navy Dr. Avital’s Journey: Part 2 1. Admitted into a makeshift hospital in Buchenwald, Germany 2. Transferred for recuperation to Ecouis, Normandy, France 3. Joined Aliyah Bet Movement (July 1945) 4. Their freight boat was intercepted by the British Navy 5. Imprisoned in a detention camp called Atlit near Haifa, Palestine 6. After 2 months he was freed by the Hagannah, the Jewish Underground in Israel 7. In Dec. 1945 he joined the Hagannah and went through Military Training 8. He was fully mobilized on Nov. 29th 1947 when the United Nations partitioned Palestine and he fought in Israel’s War of Independence from 1947-1950 Imprisoned in Atlit, near Haifa Fully Mobilized in 1947 and fought in Israel’s War of Independence