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Testimony of Elhanan Ziv Vili Weisz, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child using a false identity in the Budapest Ghetto

Testimony of Elhanan Ziv Vili Weisz, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child using a false identity in the Budapest Ghetto From a traditional family; attends a Hungarian school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; draft of his father to a labor battalion; German occupation, 1944; life in the Budapest Ghetto using a false identity including living in a children's center and labor as a messenger; liberation by the Red Army. Activities in the Zionist youth movement; aliya to Israel, 1949; enlists in the IDF; marriage and starts a family.
item Id
4030890
First Name
Elhanan
Elkhanan
Vili
Last Name
Veis
Weisz
Ziv
Date of Birth
18/01/1932
Place of Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
17/10/2001
Date of Creation - latest
17/10/2001
Name of Submitter
ZIV ELHANAN
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository