Testimony of Yehudit Avni, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in a protected house, using a false identity in a children's home and in hiding in Budapest
Testimony of Yehudit Avni, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in a protected house, using a false identity in a children's home and in hiding in Budapest
Testimony
Testimony of Yehudit Avni, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in a protected house, using a false identity in a children's home and in hiding in Budapest
The only daughter of divorced parents; attends a German kindergarten; childhood with her grandparents; cultural life; attends a the Jewish high school.
German occupation; restrictions on movement; termination of studies, March 1944; confiscation of property; move to a protected house with relatives; eviction from the house by members of the Arrow Cross; transfer to a children's home; life using a false identity; deportation of her father to a labor camp, 1943; shelling and destruction of the house; life in the cellar; liberation by the Red Army.
Studies at university; return to Budapest; marriage, 1956; Communist revolution; escape to France; aliya to Israel, 1963.
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item Id
5221848
First Name
Yehudit
Last Name
Avni
Date of Birth
1932
Place of Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives