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Testimony of Viorika (Goldstein) Grinberg, born in Marosvasarhej, Hungary, 1933, regarding her experiences in the Targu Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony of Viorika (Goldstein) Grinberg, born in Marosvasarhej, Hungary, 1933, regarding her experiences in the Targu Mures Ghetto, Auschwitz, Hochweiler and Bergen-Belsen From a financially secure family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; school; witness’s father's work with sawmills; anti-Jewish legislation and yellow badge, January 1944; deportation to the Targu Mares Ghetto, March 1944; deportation to Auschwitz, April 1944; separation from her father; illness of her eldest sister and her murder; transfer to Hochweiler; life in a brick factory and labor digging trenches; meningitis; rescue by the camp commander; transfer to Bergen-Belsen on foot, January 1945; typhus; liberation by the British Army. Return to Hungary; marriage; aliya to Israel, 1961.
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5312913
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Viorika
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Grinberg
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Goldshtein
Goldstein
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14/02/1933
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Marosvasarhej, Romania
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Postcard
Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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07/02/05
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07/02/05
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גרינברג ויוריקה
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection