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Testimony of Yaakov Zahavi, born in Budapest, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Budapest Ghetto
Testimony of Yaakov Zahavi, born in Budapest, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Budapest Ghetto
Assimilated family; his father works for the railroad company; witness attends a public elementary school and later a Hebrew high school in Budapest; displays of antisemitism before the entry of the Germans.
Entry of the Germans, 1944; persecutions against the Jews; deportation to a ghetto; ghetto life including forced labor; liberation, January 1945. Reunion with relatives; joins Dror Habonim movement; aliya to
Eretz Israel on the "La-Negev" ship, January 1946; detention in Cyprus.
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item Id
3562881
First Name
Yaakov
Last Name
Zahavi
Date of Birth
1930
Place of Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
8200
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
03/09/1995
Date of Creation - latest
03/09/1995
Name of Submitter
זהבי יעקב
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
22
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection