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Yehoyachin Gor Grunfeld

Testimony
Testimony of Yehoyachin Gur Grünfeld, born in 1931 in Berlin, about escaping as a boy to the south of France and moving to Geneva Orthodox religious way of life; witness attends a cheder; family escapes to Antwerp; witness attends Tachkemoni School; Belgium occupied; witness escapes to Bagnères-de-Luchon, in the south of France; arrested; deported to the Rivesaltes camp; separated from parents; placed in the Bagnères-de-Luchon children's home with help from the OSE; exfiltrated to Switzerland; life at the Henri Dunant center in Geneva; immigration to Eretz Israel via France after the war in 1945; rehabilitation and adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.
item Id
11436986
First Name
Iohakim
Yehoyachin
Last Name
Gor
Grunfeld
Date of Birth
31/07/1931
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
23/02/2015
Date of Creation - latest
23/02/2015
Name of Submitter
גור יוהכים
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video