Testimony of Bluma Klein,nee Shtraus, born in Mako,Hungary in 1927,regarding her experiences in ghetto Szeged and her transfer to agricultural labour in Austria.
Testimony of Bluma Klein, nee Shtraus, born in Mako, Hungary in 1927, regarding her experiences in ghetto Szeged and her transfer to agricultural labour in Austria.
Testimony
Testimony of Bluma Klein,nee Shtraus, born in Mako,Hungary in 1927,regarding her experiences in ghetto Szeged and her transfer to agricultural labour in Austria.
Family background; life before war; outbreak of war; occupation by German soldiers; deportation to ghetto Szeged,1944; living for several weeks in brick factory; deportation to camp Strashof; remaining there for 2 days and transfer to transit camp; deportation with her mother and part of her brothers to agricultural work in Gaming,Austria; life in camp with French and Belgian captured soldiers; help by these soldiers in hard work; good attitude from Austrian population; working in agriculture and in potato processing factory; working for 12 hours a day; good conditions; bombings; transfer to Theresienstadt; liberation by red army; fear of Russian soldiers; reunion with her aunt and understanding what happened during war; moving to Budapest; reunion with her father; life after war; aliya to Israel via France; arrest and exile to Cyprus; aliya to Israel ,June 1947; absorption and integration.
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item Id
10085017
First Name
Bluma
Last Name
Klein
Maiden Name
Shtraus
Date of Birth
1927
Place of Birth
Mako, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives