Testimony of Chava (Veis) Mordchovitz, born in Soporna, Czechoslovakia, 1935, regarding her experiences in hiding in Hlohovec, Soporna and Hungary
Testimony of Chava (Veis) Mordchovitz, born in Soporna, Czechoslovakia, 1935, regarding her experiences in hiding in Hlohovec, Soporna and Hungary
Testimony
Testimony of Chava (Veis) Mordchovitz, born in Soporna, Czechoslovakia, 1935, regarding her experiences in hiding in Hlohovec, Soporna and Hungary
Outbreak of the war; unsuccessful attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939; move to Hlohovec; life in hiding, alternately in Hlohovec and Soporna; smuggled into Hungary with her brother, 1943; her brother is placed in an orphanage in Budapest; deportation of her brother to Auschwitz, and his murder; German occupation, March 1944; return to Czechoslovakia; identified by the Slovakian police commander; hidden in exchange for a promise to give testimony to his character at the end of the war; liberation by the Red Army.
Studies; aliya to Israel, 1949.
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item Id
7157991
First Name
Chava
Khava
Last Name
Mordchovitz
Mordkhovitz
Maiden Name
Veis
Date of Birth
05/02/1935
Place of Birth
Soporna, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives