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Testimony of Zipora Dak, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1914, regarding her experiences in Kosice Mesto and Bratislava during the war

Testimony
Testimony of Zipora Dak, born in Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia, 1914, regarding her experiences in Kosice Mesto and Bratislava during the war Her childhood and family background in Kosice Mesto; attends the Neolog school and a Czech school; religious holidays; membership in the Zionist club; work as a teacher in the Hungarian school; move to Budapest and work in an orphanage; return to Kosice Mesto; confiscations. Hungarian occupation and the change in the economic situation; registration of the Jews' names; escape to Bratislava; life in Bratislava; memories of Gisi Fleischmann; witness' husband is active in the Slovakian underground; move to Budapest; receives a Turkish visa from emissaries from Eretz Israel; illegal aliya to Eretz Israel via Romania and Turkey. Life on Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar and in Jerusalem; return visit in Kosice Mesto.
item Id
7303239
First Name
Tzipora
Zipora
Last Name
Dak
Dek
Date of Birth
1914
Place of Birth
Kosice Mesto, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
04/08/08
Date of Creation - latest
04/08/08
Name of Submitter
Dak Zipora
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository