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Testimony of Haya (Zbar) Horowitz born in Grodno, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences in Chelyabinsk and Orsk

Testimony
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Testimony of Haya (Zbar) Horowitz, born in Grodno, Poland, 1934, regarding her experiences in Chelyabinsk and Orsk Move to Vilna by her family, 1938. German invasion of the Soviet Union; air-raids on the escape train; concentration of the refugees in Chelyabinsk in Ural; shortage of food; her parents' work in a kolkhoz; drafting of her father into the army, 1943; transfer to Orsk with her mother; her mother's work as a porter; trade in bread in the black market; loss of contact with her father; her father's return, 1945. Return to Breslau, Poland; move to a children's home in Waldenburg; her family's move to Austria; aliya to Israel, 1949.
item Id
7522249
First Name
Chaia
Haya
Last Name
Horovitz
Horowitz
Maiden Name
Zbar
Date of Birth
1934
Place of Birth
Grodno, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
17/11/08
Date of Creation - latest
17/11/08
Name of Submitter
Horowitz Haya
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