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Testimony of Jeno Yitzchak Klein, born in Opalyi, Hungary, in 1930, regarding his experiences in the Budapest Ghetto, and regarding the abuse of Jews by members of the Arrow Cross

Testimony
Testimony of Jeno Yitzchak Klein, born in Opalyi, Hungary, in 1930, regarding his experiences in the Budapest Ghetto, and regarding the abuse of Jews by members of the Arrow Cross Family background; move to Budapest; arrest of his father; arrest of the witness in 1943; beatings; investigations; termination of studies in 1944; entry of German forces in 1944; transfer to a marked house; transfer of his father to a labor camp; release of his father from the labor camp in return for a bribe; obligation to wear a yellow badge; concentration of the Jews in an asbestos factory in Obuda by the Arrow Cross men; beatings and floggings; reunion with his parents in the ghetto; work in the ghetto in the Judenrat; moving bodies to the yard of the offices; air-raids; liberation by the Red Army in January 1945; return home; their home is occupied; emptying the apartment and going back to live there; joining Beitar; aliya training in Sopron; aliya to Israel in October 1948; absorption and rehabilitation.
item Id
12009411
First Name
Yeno
Yitzkhak
Last Name
Klein
Date of Birth
01/05/1930
Place of Birth
Opalyi, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
14/12/2015
Date of Creation - latest
14/12/2015
Name of Submitter
קליין יצחק
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video