Moskovitz, Ben   Apsha (Czechoslovakia), Gyor, Budapest  Mr.
Moskovitz is the son of Zelig and Esther Moskovitz who were
farmers in lower Apsha.  Apsha is located in a region known as
Carpathian Ruthenia, then in the southeast corner of
Czechoslovakia, but now part of the Ukraine.  He had two sisters
and three brothers, and the family observed Orthodox Judaism. 
Ben   attended public school in the morning, which was conducted
in the Czech language, followed by Hebrew  school afterwards. 
He describes his family as poor, but very comfortable.  The
language spoken at home was Yiddish.  In 1939 the family moved
to the nearby town of Bogdan where he believes about 150 Jewish
families resided among the primarily Ukrainian population.
After Germany occupied Czechslovakia in March 1939, the area
where Mr. Moskovitz lived was ceded to Hungary.  Not wanting to
continue in a school which was now using the Hungarian language,
he went to work at age 16 in the shoe business, making and
selling shoes.  Initially the Hunga