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Testimony of Zipora (Hirshfeld) Fridman, born in Vac, Hungary, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Budapest Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck, Berlin and a death march

Testimony of Zipora (Hirshfeld) Fridman, born in Vac, Hungary, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Budapest Ghetto, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck, Berlin and a death march Her family; studies Hebrew in Budapest. Arrival of women refugees from Poland using false identities, 1943; economic hardships; confiscation of her father's property; establishment of the Budapest Ghetto, April 1944; marriage of her sister; ghetto life in a brick factory in Monor; deportation to Auschwitz, June 1944; meets her sister Sara; life in Lager B-3; block elder Kato Klein from Novi-Zamki; futile labor; transfer to Ravensbrueck with her sister and female relatives, July 1944; transfer to Berlin to an Argus factory; labor; severe punishments; evacuation, spring 1945; death march in the snow for two weeks; food supplies by the Red Cross; death of many inmates; in hiding with women friends; liberation in Wittstock. Rape attempts by Red Army soldiers; return to Hungary; joins Bnei Akiva aliya training; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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item Id
3560401
First Name
Tzipora
Zipora
Last Name
Fridman
Maiden Name
Hirshfeld
Date of Birth
1921
Place of Birth
Vac, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
6718
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
15/12/1991
Date of Creation - latest
15/12/1991
Name of Submitter
פרידמן הירשפלד, ציפורה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
32
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository