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Testimony of Mordechai Hershkovitz, born in Cluj, Romania, 1913, regarding his experiences in Cluj, Budapest, Sopron, Schattendorf, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen

Testimony
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Testimony of Mordechai Hershkovitz, born in Cluj, Romania, 1913, regarding his experiences in Cluj, Budapest, Sopron, Schattendorf, Mauthausen and Gunskirchen Antisemitism before the war; termination of studies. Annexation to Hungary; drafted to forced labor repairing railroad tracks and building bunkers; life in the Budapest Ghetto; fate of his family; transfer to the Sopron Ghetto; deportation to Schattendorf; camp life including labor as a physician's assistant; death march to Mauthausen; camp life including labor removing corpses; transfer to Gunskirchen; liberation by the US Army, 08 May 1945. Return to Cluj; aliya to Israel on the ship, "Kedmah", via a JDC camp in France.
item Id
6561456
First Name
Mordechai
Mordekhai
Last Name
Hershkovitz
Date of Birth
1913
Place of Birth
Cluj, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
11/06/07
Date of Creation - latest
11/06/07
Name of Submitter
הרשקוביץ מרדכי
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