Online Store Contact us About us
Yad Vashem logo

Testimony of Cvi Elimelech Feintuch born in Huedin, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Huedin, in a labor battalion in Ukraine, Budapest, Wiener Neustadt and other places

Testimony
null
null
Testimony of Cvi Elimelech Feintuch born in Huedin, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Huedin, in a labor battalion in Ukraine, Budapest, Wiener Neustadt and other places Life before the war; from a religious family; student riots, 1927; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938; drafted into the Romanian Army, 1939. Re-annexation of Romania to Hungary, 1940; restrictions on the Jews; transfer to a labor battalion, 1942; transfer from place to place in Romania with the labor battalion; forced labor; transfer to Hungary; transfer to Ukraine; forced labor; transfer to prison, December 1943; hospitalization; approach of the Red Army; shelling; transfer to Budapest; life in Budapest; labor in an aircraft parts factory; forced march in the direction of Austria; air-raids by the US Army and the British Army; life in Wiener Neustadt; liberation by the Red Army, April 1945. Unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Pan York"; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 04 February 1949.
item Id
7256772
First Name
Cvi
Elimelech
Elimelekh
Tzvi
Last Name
Feintuch
Feintukh
Date of Birth
05/05/1918
Place of Birth
Huedin, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
16/06/08
Date of Creation - latest
16/06/08
Name of Submitter
Feintuch Cvi-Elimelech
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