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Testimony of Zahava Goldie Schwartz Bustan, born in 1942 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, about deportation to Debrecen, internment at a brickyard, and deportation to the Lobau camp

Testimony
Testimony of Zahava Goldie Schwartz Bustan, born in 1942 in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, about deportation to Debrecen, internment at a brickyard, and deportation to the Lobau camp Description of situation of mother who remains alone with her two children after her husband is drafted into forced-labor brigades; mother moves to previous place of residence in Hajduhadhaz; makes a living by baking and selling pastries; life until spring 1944; movement restriction; ghettoization; life in the ghetto; deportation to Debrecen on Shavuot 1944 and placed in a former brickyard; living conditions at the brickyard; deportation to the Lobau camp in Austria and employed at ditch-digging; camp bombarded; dysentery; mother leaves the camp to call a doctor; liberation; witness walks down the Danube; travels by train to Budapest via Bratislava; moves to France; immigrates to Israel in 1948 aboard the Yardena; adjusts to life in Israel.
item Id
13363349
First Name
Goldi
Zahava
Last Name
Bustan
Shwartz
Date of Birth
13/10/1942
Place of Birth
Nyiregyhaza, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
21/02/2018
Date of Creation - latest
21/02/2018
Name of Submitter
בוסתן שוורץ זהבה גולדי
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video