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Testimony of Shimon Shulhof, born in Dunapataj, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in Dunapataj, Hungarian labor battalions and Budapest

Testimony of Shimon Shulhof, born in Dunapataj, Hungary, 1926, regarding his experiences in Dunapataj, Hungarian labor battalions and Budapest His family background; relations with the local population; antisemitism; education in Budapest; arrival of refugees from Austria and Poland. German occupation, 19 March 1944; draft to a labor battalion; labor in food storerooms of the German Army; labor clearing rubble; labor in Szolnok laying railroad tracks, May 1944; transfer to a camp in Zirc, June 1944; transfer to Soroksar; transfer to Novi Sad, September 1944; escape to Budapest; hidden by an activist in the Hungarian underground; move to the Glass House; liberation by the Red Army, 19 January 1945. Return home; joins Dror Habonim; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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item Id
3564413
First Name
Shimon
Last Name
Shulhof
Date of Birth
1926
Place of Birth
Dunapataj, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
9967
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
17/11/1996
Date of Creation - latest
17/11/1996
Name of Submitter
שולהוף שמעון
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
30
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection