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Testimony of Frieda (Weider) Knoll, born in Sibiu, Romania, 1917, regarding her experiences in Gheorgheni, Reghin, Auschwitz, Plaszow, Wischau and other places

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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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8084866
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Frida
Frieda
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Knol
Knoll
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Vider
Weider
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1917
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Sibiu, Romania
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Testimony
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Hungarian
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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18/08/09
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18/08/09
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Knoll Mieder Frieda
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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