I grew up in Visk [Vyshkovo] a sizable village with about 12,000 inhabitants, primarily Hungarians and Ukrainians, with a few Czech government representatives. The main languages were Hungarian and, in Jewish homes, Yiddish.

In June 1943, I finished school and returned home to Visk. The office space of my father was rented out to a Hungarian who paid us rent equal to my father's monthly salary. I started working in the factory, managing the lists of quantities we sent from Visk to Budapest. Twice a week, I also had to do forced labor in schools and other public institutions, mainly cleaning toilets and gardens.

In 1944, the village's Jewish community numbered 124 families — a figure I can confirm as I personally counted them when we were taken to the ghetto. My family lived in a large house with eight rooms, two of which served as office space for my father, Izak, who managed a wood processing factory. Our home featured a spacious front garden and an internal one where we kept livestock. At the end of the property, there were numerous fruit trees and a small river.

On April 10th, 1944, a group including two Hungarian soldiers and several civilians notified us that we needed to leave our house immediately and move to the synagogue. We had no limits on what to take, but due to the suddenness, we only took food and some clothes. The families who arrived earliest at the synagogue took the places around the walls; the rest had to be in the middle of the hall. Rumors were that we were being taken to agricultural farms in central Hungary. We had no idea about concentration camps.

On April 20th, 1944, we were told to rent horses and carts to transport ourselves and our belongings to the Ghetto in Tyachiv.

— USC video testimony, 2 September 1998, of David Neuwirth Noy, Auschwitz survivor. Testimony in Hebrew; English translation submitted by Shahar Noy, grandchild.