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Testimony of Mordechai Miki Miklosh Lang, born in Goncruszka, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Goncruszka and Godollo

Testimony
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Testimony of Mordechai Miki Miklosh Lang, born in Goncruszka, Hungary, 1928, regarding his experiences in Budapest, Goncruszka and Godollo Life before the war; traditional family; his father is the manager of an ethyl alcohol factory; witness attends a state school; studies in Budapest, 1942; life in a dormitory. Escape to Goncruszka; life on the war front in Godollo; labor digging anti-tank trenches; transfer to Budapest on foot; transfer to the courtyard of a factory; transfer to the southern front on an electric tram; life on the southern front including labor for the Hungarian Army, November 1944; escape to a dormitory in Budapest; life in a Swiss protected house; obtains forged documents; fear of a search, and escape; work in the printing press of a non-Jew; life in a rented room; liberation by the Red Army, January 1945. Return to the protected house; receives food from the Jewish committee; return to the family's home by train and on foot; return of his sisters from a camp, July 1945; life in Budapest in a Hanoar Hatzioni camp; move to Yugoslavia; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus, 1947; aliya to Eretz Israel; life in detention in Atlit; enlists in the Palmach, February 1948.
item Id
6426830
First Name
Miki
Miklosh
Mordechai
Mordekhai
Last Name
Lang
Date of Birth
24/02/1928
Place of Birth
Goncruszka, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
05/03/07
Date of Creation - latest
05/03/07
Name of Submitter
לנג מרדכי מיקי מיקלוש
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection