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Testimony of Tova Margita Gita (Smuk) Frish, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1940, regarding her experiences as a baby hidden by non-Jews in Bratislava

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Testimony of Tova Margita Gita (Smuk) Frish, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1940, regarding her experiences as a toddler hidden by non-Jews in Bratislava Deportation of her parents to an unknown camp, 1942; life in the home of her neighbors, Dr. Josef Frish and his wife Aida; deportation of Dr. Frish by the Germans, 1944; life in a non-Jewish environment; witness is placed in a monastery; death of Aida; removal from the monastery by the Kovetz's who had been the concierges in her parents' house; end of the war. Return of Dr. Frish, 1945; her mother's sister, Rivka locates the toddler; marriage of Rivka to Dr. Frish; life in Bratislava; discovery of her Jewish origins; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1949.
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5721806
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Gita
Margita
Tova
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Frish
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Smuk
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30/09/1940
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Bratislava, 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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27/02/06
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27/02/06
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פריש טובה מרגיטה גיטה
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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