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Testimony of Hava Fono Klein, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in hiding in Igram and Abraham

Testimony of Hava Fono Klein, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in hiding in Igram and Abraham Life until 1943; her father works in a men's clothing store; attends school. Detention of her father, 1943; release of her father with help from a Slovak friend; restrictions on the Jews; her father's desire to convert; escape to Igram, summer 1944; hidden by a Gypsy family in exchange for money; life in Igram; escape to Abraham with help from Gypsies; life in Abraham with the family of Martin Rovenski; forced hospitality of German soldiers in the Rovenski home, January 1945; liberation. Return to Bratislava; move to Turciansky Svaty Martin; life in Turciansky Svaty Martin, his father establishes a men's clothing factory; Communist regime in Czechoslovakia; involuntary hospitalization of his father in a mental health facility; nationalization of the factory; his father's release; aliya to Israel, 1949. Their rescuers are recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.
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item Id
4316598
First Name
Hava
Khava
Last Name
Fono
Klein
Date of Birth
12/03/1936
Place of Birth
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
11868
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
11/07/2000
Date of Creation - latest
11/07/2000
Name of Submitter
FONO KLEIN , HAVA
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
18
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection