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Testimony of Alon Abi Schwartz, born in Turka, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences in Turka, a forest, Berkesz, Budapest, Arad and other places

Testimony
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Testimony of Alon Abi Schwartz, born in Turka, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences in Turka, a forest, Berkesz, Budapest, Arad and other places His childhood until September 1939. Life under Soviet rule including hunger, 1939-1940; German Army officers in their home, 1941; escape to a forest near Turka; rescue by Jewish Hungarian forced laborers in Monktabor [?] camp near Sanka, 1942; deportation from the synagogue; rescue in Berkesz; fostered by a family in Budapest, 1943-1944; illegally crosses the border to Arad, June 1944; aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet from the port of Constanta, August 1944; deportation from the "Mefkure" ship, which sank; considered dead until 1946; move [and aliya] to Eretz Israel, August 1944. Life in Israel.
item Id
8055480
First Name
Abi
Avi
Last Name
Alon
Schwartz
Shvartz
Date of Birth
06/03/1934
Place of Birth
Turka, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
30/07/09
Date of Creation - latest
30/07/09
Name of Submitter
Alon Schwartz Abi
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