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Testimony of Yehuda Arie Najovits, born in Baja, Hungary, regarding his experiences in Czechoslovakia and Budapest

Testimony of Yehuda Arie Najovits, born in Baja, Hungary, regarding his experiences in Czechoslovakia and Budapest His father is a cantor and kosher ritual slaughterer; life in Sahy before the war; service in the Czechoslovakian Army for three years; pressure by the Hlinka Guards and transfer to Bratislava, 1938; cancelation of his license to practice law, 1939; work for the JDC in Sered; rumors concerning preparations for the deportation of the Jews; escape to Budapest with his wife via Nitra and Urable; life using a false Christian identity using the name Janos Hourat; attempts to bring his parents to Budapest; German occupation of Hungary, March 1944; labor in a Manfred Weis ammunitions factory; searches for Jews by the Arrow Cross; shelling of Budapest and stay in shelters, late 1944; entry of the Red Army into Buda, February 1945. Activity by the "Czechoslovakian consulate"; receives entry visas for Czechoslovakia; aliya to Israel, 1949.
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item Id
3559915
First Name
Arie
Yehuda
Last Name
Najovits
Neiovitz
Place of Birth
Baja, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
6129
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
28/10/1990
Date of Creation - latest
28/10/1990
Name of Submitter
ניוביץ, יהודה אריה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
25
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection