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Testimony of Kiti Katalina (Shor) Guttman, born in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in marked houses and an orphanage in Budapest

Testimony
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Testimony of Kiti Katalina (Shor) Guttman, born in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary, 1936, regarding her experiences as a child in marked houses and an orphanage in Budapest Life before the war; secular family with hardships; move to Budapest, 1939; life in Budapest. Outbreak of the war; deportation of her father to forced labor, 1940; imposition of anti-Jewish decrees; transfer to marked houses; difficulties with the distribution of food; deportation of her mother; return of her mother to Budapest as an essential worker; placed in an orphanage; transfer of food to the orphans by the Jewish underground; deportation of her mother to the Budapest Ghetto; shelling of Budapest; end of the war; liberation by the Red Army. Reunion of her family; attends the Tarbut school; Zionist activities in the Dror Habonim movement; aliya to Israel, 1948.
item Id
7351043
First Name
Katalina
Kiti
Last Name
Gotman
Gutman
Guttman
Maiden Name
Shor
Date of Birth
11/09/1936
Place of Birth
Satoraljaujhely, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
01/09/08
Date of Creation - latest
01/09/08
Name of Submitter
Guttman Katalina Kiti
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