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Testimony of Yehudit Pirkha (Klein) Blom, born in Kisvarda, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Budapest Ghetto, Kaufering camp, Turkheim camp, Langenberg camp and other places

Testimony of Yehudit Pirkha (Klein) Blom, born in Kisvarda, Hungary, 1926, regarding her experiences in the Budapest Ghetto, Kaufering camp, Turkheim camp, Langenberg camp and other places Life before the war; attends a Hungarian school; vocational studies. Escape with the family to Budapest, 1942; German occupation, March 1944; yellow badge; draft of men to forced labor; livelihood difficulties; escape of Jews to protected houses; deportation to the Budapest Ghetto; rescue of her younger brother in a protected house named after Raoul Wallenburg; deportation with Jews to a football stadium; transfer in a death march to Hegyeshalom; transfer to Langenberg camp; transfer to Turkheim; camp life including labor construction; transfer to Kaufering camp; transfer in a death march to Dachau; liberation by the US Army. Convalescence in Allach Bei Muenchen DP camp; return to the family home in Kisvarda with her sister; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.
item Id
6643791
First Name
Pirkha
Yehudit
Last Name
Blom
Maiden Name
Klein
Date of Birth
18/02/1926
Place of Birth
Kisvarda, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hungarian
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
08/08/07
Date of Creation - latest
08/08/07
Name of Submitter
Blum Judith
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