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Hugo Chaim Iung

Testimony
Testimony of Chaim Hugo Iung, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Ebensee, Gusen and Gunskirchen Re-annexation to Hungary, 1939; restrictions on Jews including the numerus clausus; deportation to a brick factory, 1944; life in the factory; deportation to Auschwitz; conditions in the deportation train including his brother's escape to Budapest; his brother joins the partisans as part of Hashomer Hatzair; life in Auschwitz including labor of his sisters in the the Canada Kommando; transfer to Mauthausen; camp life; transfer to Ebensee; camp life including subterranean labor manufacturing rockets; transfer to Gusen; camp life including labor in an aircraft factory; transfer to Gunskirchen; camp life; liberation by the US Army, May 1945. Hospitalization; aliya to Israel, 1948.
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5594747
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Chaim
Hugo
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Iung
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08/01/1929
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Mukacevo, 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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19/07/05
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19/07/05
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יונג חיים HUGO*
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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