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Shmuel Karmeli Kalosh
Testimony
Testimony of Shmuel Kalosh Karmeli, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto
From an Orthodox family; life before the war; attends the synagogue of the Munkacs Rebbe; displays of antisemitism.
Outbreak of the war; re-annexation to Hungary; anti-Jewish legislation; ghetto life; his father is in hiding outside of Mukacevo, 1944; contact with his father; liberation by the Red Army.
Return to the family home which had been taken over by local residents; drafted into the Red Army; desertion and return to Mukacevo; illegally crosses the border into Hungary; aliya training life in Debrecen; aliya to Israel, 1948, enlists in the IDF.
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item Id
4691906
First Name
Shmuel
Last Name
Kalosh
Karmeli
Date of Birth
21/08/1926
Place of Birth
Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
22/12/03
Date of Creation - latest
22/12/03
Name of Submitter
KARMELI SHMUEL
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection