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Testimony of Chaia (Pollak) Fischer, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Viseul De Sus, the Budapest Ghetto and Bergen-Belsen

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Testimony of Chaia (Pollak) Fischer, born in Viseul De Sus, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Viseul De Sus, the Budapest Ghetto and Bergen-Belsen Her parents' occupations; Shabbatot and religious holidays; the Jewish community and synagogues; education; deaths of siblings from illnesses; displays of antisemitism. Annexation to Hungary and restrictions on the Jews; drafting of her brother into Hungarian Army labor battalions; German occupation on the seventh day of Pesach (15 April) 1944; concentration in the synagogue; deportation to Budapest with her sister; help from the JDC in Budapest; deportation to the Budapest Ghetto; yellow badge; crowding and hunger; air-raids on Budapest; work in the industrial area; concentration of women in the vicinity of the air field and their transfer to a labor camp; confiscation of valuables; death march to the Austrian border; forced labor digging during the death march; transfer to Germany by train; deaths of inmates in the railroad car; transfer to Bergen-Belsen, April 1945. Mass graves in the DP camp; attends a Beit Yakov school; meets Jewish Brigade soldiers; aliya to Eretz Israel via France, 1947.
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item Id
6606784
First Name
Chaia
Last Name
Fischer
Fisher
Maiden Name
Polak
Pollak
Date of Birth
15/12/1928
Place of Birth
Viseul de Sus, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
12918
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
09/07/07
Date of Creation - latest
09/07/07
Name of Submitter
Fischer Pollak Chaia
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
40
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection