Joint testimony of identical twins Lea (Chengeri) Huber, born in Simleul Silvaniei, Romania, 1937, and Yehudit (Chengeri) Barnea, born in Simleul Silvaniei, Romania, 1937, regarding their experiences in Zalau and in the medical experiments block in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Joint testimony of identical twins Lea (Chengeri) Huber, born in Simleul Silvaniei, Romania, 1937, and Yehudit (Chengeri) Barnea, born in Simleul Silvaniei, Romania, 1937, regarding their experiences in Zalau and in the medical experiments block in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Testimony
Joint testimony of identical twins Lea (Chengeri) Huber, born in Simleul Silvaniei, Romania, 1937, and Yehudit (Chengeri) Barnea, born in Simleul Silvaniei, Romania, 1937, regarding their experiences in Zalau and in the medical experiments block in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Well-to-do religious family; life as identical twins.
Outbreak of the war, 1939; draft of their father to a labor battalion, 1942; German occupation, 1944; deportation to Zalau; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; camp life including medical experiments; finding a hiding place with their mother during the evacuation of the camp; liberation by the Red Army.
Move to Minsk; return to Simleul Silvaniei, summer 1945; reunion with their father; resumption of their studies; move to Focsani; studies to become dental technicians in Arad; aliya to Israel, 1961.
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Lea
Yehudit
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Huber
Barnea
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Chengeri
Chengeri
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06/06/1937
1937
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Simleul Silvaniei, Romania
Simleul Silvaniei, Romania
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives