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Tereza Vajnorsky

Testimony
Testimony of Tereza (Kohn) Vajnorsky, born in Nagy Magyer, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in Komarno, Auschwitz and Plaszow camp Life before the war; the Jewish community. Outbreak of the war; concentration of Jews in her father's house; escape of her brother to Hungary; move to a Jewish family's home; move to Komarno; labor of her father as a tailor; deportation to a village; attends school; anti-Jewish laws and decrees; yellow badge; draft of her father to a labor camp; confiscation of valuables; transfer to the Kosice train station; deportation to Auschwitz; transfer to Plaszow; camp life; liquidation of the camp and transfer back to Auschwitz; transfer to a labor camp in Germany; transfer to a forest; liberation. Return to Czechoslovakia; starts a family, 1946; aliya to Israel, 1986.
item Id
4688849
First Name
Tereza
Last Name
Vajnorsky
Veinorski
Maiden Name
Kohen
Kohn
Date of Birth
19/05/1927
Place of Birth
Nagy Magyer, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
04/11/03
Date of Creation - latest
04/11/03
Name of Submitter
VAJNORSKY KOHN TEREZA
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