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Testimony of Samuel Berger, born in Svalava, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Budapest, the Budapest Ghetto, Vienna, DP camps and Israel

Testimony
Testimony of Samuel Berger, born in Svalava, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Budapest, the Budapest Ghetto, Vienna, DP camps and Israel Life under Hungarian occupation, 1939; control taken over his father's shoemaking workshop; detention of his father by the Hungarians, 1940; increase in antisemitism; anti-Jewish legislation; return of his father, 1940; move to Budapest, 1942; life in Budapest including work in odd jobs; German Army occupation of Budapest, 1944; life in a marked house; draft to forced labor battalions of the Hungarian Army in the Budapest area, 1944; transfer back to Budapest; death march in the direction of the Austrian border under the supervision of Hungarian gendarmes, 1944; transfer back to Budapest; Budapest Ghetto life; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Move to Vienna, 1945; move to Hallein and Ebensee DP camps in Austria, 1945; aliya to Israel via France, 1948; life in Israel.
item Id
7886392
First Name
Sámuel
Shmuel
Last Name
Berger
Date of Birth
06/07/1927
Place of Birth
Svalava, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
04/06/09
Date of Creation - latest
04/06/09
Name of Submitter
Berger Samuel
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