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Testimony of Aharon Vingzin, born in 1937 in Berlin, about his experiences as a boy in Berlin, Genoa, and the Shanghai ghetto

Testimony
Testimony of Aharon Vingzin, born in 1937 in Berlin, about his experiences as a boy in Berlin, Genoa, and the Shanghai ghetto Life with family in Berlin under Nazi rule; family property confiscated and family escapes from Berlin in 1939; helped to escape by a German officer; family escapes by train to Genoa; escapes by sea to various countries that refuse to admit Jews; finds refuge in Shanghai; childhood in Shanghai; Japanese occupation ensues; life in the ghetto; hunger and livelihood difficulties; immigration to Eretz Israel in 1947; adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.
item Id
11698288
First Name
Aharon
Last Name
Vingzin
Date of Birth
16/07/1937
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
12/07/2015
Date of Creation - latest
12/07/2015
Name of Submitter
וינגזין אהרון
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video