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Evzhen Yaakov Hauptman Yinon

Testimony
Testimony of Yaakov Evzen Hauptman Inon, born in Jovra, Czechoslovakia, 1930, regarding his experiences in the Uzhorod Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau Life before the war. Re-annexation to Hungary; restrictions on the Jews; deportation of his father to a labor camp; German occupation; additional restrictions including the yellow badge; deportation to the Uzhorod Ghetto; deportation to Birkenau; camp life including suicides of prisoners on the electric fence; death of Russian POWs; transfer on foot to Auschwitz and shooting of children and adults; camp life; German guards flee; liberation by the Red Army. Death of survivors from overeating; move by trucks to Krakow; receives help from the JDC; return home; reunion with his uncle and life with him; move to the county's city; aliya training; aliya to Israel, 1948; service in the IDF; starts a family, 1962.
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5466587
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Evzen
Evzhen
Yaakov
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Hauptman
Yinon
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23/10/1930
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Jovra, Czechoslovakia
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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29/06/05
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29/06/05
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האופטמן יעקב
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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