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Testimony of Chaim Dan Shimshovitz, born in Botiza, Romania, 1916, regarding his experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Hungarian labor camps, Mauthausen and more

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Testimony of Chaim Dan Shimshovitz, born in Botiza, Romania, 1916, regarding his experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Hungarian labor camps, Mauthausen and more Childhood in Botiza; connection to Vizhnitz hasidism; from an ultra-Orthodox home; learns in a yeshiva in the Carpathian area; family moves to Oradea, 1929; drafted into the Romanian Army, 1936. Hungarian occupation, 1940; exemption from being drafted into Hungarian Army labor battalions; German occupation, 1944; deportation to the Oradea Ghetto, 1944; deportation to a Hungarian Army labor camp in Stanislawow, Poland; transfer to a labor camp near Papa, Hungary; escape to Chust, 1944; handed over to the Hungarian Army; transfer to the Austro-Hungarian border; transfer to Austria under German supervision; deportation to the Mauthausen tent camp, 1945; transfer to Gunskirchen; liberation by the US Army, 1945. Typhus; hospitalization in the hospital in Wels, Austria; transfer to the San Cesario camp in Italy with help from Bericha and soldiers from the Jewish Brigade, 1945; unsuccessful aliya attempt on the ship, "Palmach"; detention in Cyprus; marriage in the camp; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
item Id
7619949
First Name
Chaim
Dan
Last Name
Shamshovitz
Shimshovitz
Date of Birth
26/12/1916
Place of Birth
Botiza, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
10/12/08
Date of Creation - latest
10/12/08
Name of Submitter
Shimshovitz Chaim Dan
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