Testimony of Sara Miriam (Rozenberg) Grinbom, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Sala, in hiding and the Glass House in Budapest
Testimony of Sara Miriam (Rozenberg) Grinbom, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Sala, in hiding and the Glass House in Budapest
Testimony
Testimony of Sara Miriam (Rozenberg) Grinbom, born in Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Sala, in hiding and the Glass House in Budapest
From a large, well-to-do religious family; livelihood from a large department store and sale of homemade whiskey; attends a local kindergarten and Czechoslovakian schools.
Life in Brod with the outbreak of the war; return home; capture by the police; humiliation of her father and grandfather at the police station; escape to Budapest; life in a friend's home; move to the home of Dr. Ungar, a dentist; work as his dental assistant; family receive financial support; visit to home in Brod, 1942; displays of antisemitism; visit of Adolf Eichmann in Dr. Ungar's clinic; life in hiding with her sister; hiding of her brother in the family home; rescue by a Hungarian soldier; escape attempt through the sewers; move to the Glass House; liberation at the Swedish Embassy.
Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1949.
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item Id
5761976
First Name
Miriam
Sara
Last Name
Grinbom
Maiden Name
Rozenberg
Date of Birth
24/08/1924
Place of Birth
Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives