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Károly Timár was born in 1926, in Gibárt, Hungary. The Timár family was religious, and after the family moved to Tokaj, Károly’s father became the melamed (teacher) at the Jewish school. Károly had 13 siblings. He went to yeshivas (Jewish schools) in Tokaj, Szerencs and in Sátoraljaújhely. He was forced into the Sátoraljaújhely ghetto in 1944 and was later deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. From Auschwitz-Birkenau he was transported to Warsaw and he was later taken to Dachau in cattle cars and on forced marches. From Dachau and he was taken to perform forced labor at the Muhldorf and to Kaufering. He was taken back to Dachau, where he was liberated by the US forces. Károly's parents and ten of his brothers and sisters were killed. After the war, he studied to become a chazan (cantor) and worked at the Jewish community in Hódmezővásárhely. He married and had a son. In 1957 the family moved to Pécs, where Károly worked at the Jewish community for over 40 years. The interview was conducted in 2001 in Budapest, Hungary.