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Testimony of Avraham Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1935, regarding his experiences in Budapest and the Budapest Ghetto

Testimony
Testimony of Avraham Stern, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1935, regarding his experiences in Budapest and the Budapest Ghetto His family's life and his education; his father's service in the Hungarian Army during Word War I. German Army occupation of Budapest, March 1944; life under German occupation including decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; rise to power of the Arrow Cross party; confiscation of property and valuables; deportation to the Budapest Ghetto; Budapest Ghetto life including religious life and mortality due to disease, cold and hunger; activities of the Judenrat in the Budapest Ghetto; activities of the Jewish police in the Budapest Ghetto; typhus disease; deportation of his father to Auschwitz; murder of his father in camp; liberation of Budapest by the Red Army, January 1945. Life after the war; placed in a children's home under the auspices of Neturei Karta, along with his brother; activities in the children's home; escape; joins the Dror Habonim movement in Szeged; activities of the Dror Habonim movement; move to Germany; move to Italy under the auspices of the Bericha organization; aliya to Israel, 1948; life in Israel.
item Id
8065993
First Name
Avraham
Last Name
Stern
Date of Birth
10/05/1935
Place of Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
21/07/09
Date of Creation - latest
21/07/09
Name of Submitter
Stern Avraham
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