Testimony of Joesph Baior, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in protected houses in Budapest
Testimony of Joesph Baior, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in protected houses in Budapest
Testimony of Joesph Baior, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in protected houses in Budapest
Life before the war including his father's attempt to obtain a certificate for Eretz Israel, 1939; arrival of relatives from Poland and Austria as refugees; transfer of his father to a Hungarian Army labor camp.
German occupation; transfer to a Jewish protected house; capture of his mother by the Hungarian police and her deportation to Bergen-Belsen, October 1944; entrusted by the concierge's wife to a Spanish protected house, October 1944; life in the protected house until liberation; liberation by the Red Army.
Return home; reunion with his father; leaves Hungary with Hashomer Hatzair in the direction of Eretz Israel; move to Bergen-Belsen DP camp; move to Marseilles; sets sail on the "Exodus" ship and aliya attempt; arrest by the British; return of the ship to Hamburg; life in a former German Navy camp near Luebeck until February 1948; move to a camp near Marseilles; sets sail on the "Kedmah" ship; aliya to Israel, May 1948; life in an immigrants camp in Haifa; life on Kibbutz Amir; move to Kibbutz Mizra; life in Haifa; enlists in the IDF; life in Rechovot.
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item Id
3561769
First Name
Joseph
Last Name
Baior
Date of Birth
1931
Place of Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
7449
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives