Testimony of Frieda (Weider) Knoll, born in Sibiu, Romania, 1917, regarding her experiences in Gheorgheni, Reghin, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Wischau and other places
Testimony of Frieda (Weider) Knoll, born in Sibiu, Romania, 1917, regarding her experiences in Gheorgheni, Reghin, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Wischau and other places
Testimony
Testimony of Frieda (Weider) Knoll, born in Sibiu, Romania, 1917, regarding her experiences in Gheorgheni, Reghin, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Wischau and other places
Her childhood in Gheorgheni in a Zionist family.
Hungarian Army occupation [of Gheorgheni], 1940; life under Hungarian occupation including decree regarding wearing a yellow badge; antisemitism, 1942; deportation to a brick factory in Reghin, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; transfer to Plaszow, several days later; labor in mines; transfer to Wischau; labor cleaning for the Germans; transfer to labor in an aircraft factory in Langenbielau; liberation by the Red Army, 09 May 1945.
Receives help from the JDC; life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1964.
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item Id
8084866
First Name
Frida
Frieda
Last Name
Knol
Knoll
Maiden Name
Vider
Weider
Date of Birth
1917
Place of Birth
Sibiu, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hungarian
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives