Testimony of Aron Lipa Veinberger Gur, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Papa, the Ujhely Ghetto, using a false identity in Budapest and in hiding on a farm
Testimony of Aron Lipa Veinberger Gur, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Papa, the Ujhely Ghetto, using a false identity in Budapest and in hiding on a farm
Testimony
Testimony of Aron Lipa Veinberger Gur, born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Papa, the Ujhely Ghetto, using a false identity in Budapest and in hiding on a farm
Life before the war; hasidic family with hardships; witness learns in a "heder" and attends the Jewish school; learns in a yeshiva in Papa.
Deportation to the Ujhely Ghetto, 1944; Ujhely Ghetto life; escape with help from Jews from a labor battalion; move to Budapest; life in Budapest including receiving forged documents; finds a hiding place on a farm; liberation by the Red Army, 1945.
Reunion with his sister; move to Belgium; refugee camp life; move to Marseilles; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Theodor Herzl" ship, 1947; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1949; witness is among the founders of Kibbutz Massuot Yitzhak.
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item Id
6775745
First Name
Aharon
Aron
Lipa
Last Name
Gor
Gur
Veinberger
Date of Birth
14/01/1925
Place of Birth
Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives