Testimony of Georg Junger, born in Miskolc, Hungary, 1925, regarding his experiences in the Miskolc Ghetto, Putnok, Yoshva, Mauthausen and other places
Life in a large family with hardships; attends Jewish schools; studies in a non-Jewish vocational school.
German occupation; deportation to the Miskolc Ghetto, 1944; transfer to a labor camp in Putnok; transfer to Yoshva; life in Yoshva including labor as a shoemaker and tailor; deportation of the family; deportation of his brother to a labor camp; death march, 1944; transfer to Mauthausen; transfer to Hoersching, early 1945; liberation by the US Army, May 1945.
Return to Miskolc with his sisters; aliya preparations; aliya attempt via Italy; detention in Cyprus, 1948; life in a detention camp in Cyprus; aliya to Israel.
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item Id
4398967
First Name
Georg
Giorg
Last Name
Iunger
Junger
Date of Birth
04/08/1925
Place of Birth
Miskolc, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives