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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

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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 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.
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7886392
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Sámuel
Shmuel
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Berger
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06/07/1927
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Svalava, Czechoslovakia
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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04/06/09
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04/06/09
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Berger Samuel
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection