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Testimony of Gita (Tzibel) Kopel, born in Vienna, Austria, 1936, regarding her life in Budapest during the war and getting "letter of sponsorship" from the Portugese Embassy

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Testimony of Gita (Tzibel) Kopel, born in Vienna, Austria, 1936, regarding her life in Budapest during the war and getting "letter of sponsorship" from the Portuguese Embassy Family background; family originally from Poland; family moves to Budapest, 1938; German occupation of Hungary; life within the confines of the ghetto in Budapest; transfer of her father to Munkatabor Camp and from there to Siberia; wearing the yellow badge; life in the ghetto; getting a letter of sponsorship from the Portuguese Embassy; move to a "safe house", 1944; return to the ghetto; life [there]; liberation by the Red army; life after the war; immigration to the United States by way of Sweden, 1946; aliya to Israel.
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13340871
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Gita
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Kopel
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Tzvibel
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1936
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Wien, Austria
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Testimony
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English
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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21/08/2018
details.fullDetails.latestDate
21/08/2018
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קופל צביבל גיטה
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YES
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