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Testimony of Zeev Volf Yeger, born in Rona, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rona, Budapest, Szentkiralyszabadja, in hiding and in Bucharest and other places

Testimony
Testimony of Zeev Volf Yeger, born in Rona, Romania, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rona, Budapest, Szentkiralyszabadja, in hiding and in Bucharest and other places Draft into the Romanian Army and service in the army after unsuccessful attempts to make aliya to Eretz Israel; Hungarian Army occupation of Rona; release [from the military]; escape to Budapest, 1940; draft to labor battalions in Budapest, 1944; forced labor building an airfield in Szentkiralyszabadja, 1944; transfer with a labor battalion to forced labor in a copper mine in Serbia, 1944; acts of abuse by Hungarian soldiers; contact with Serbian farmers; evacuation of the camp; death march in the direction of Hungary, 1944; murder of members of the battalion in Crvenka; in hiding; survival, October 1944; liberation by Yugoslavian and Soviet partisans. Life after the liberation; move back to Budapest, 1945; move to Bucharest; visit in Rona; move to Bergen-Belsen DP camp, 1945; move to Rivoli camp with help from the Bericha organization, 1946; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Moledet" ship; detention in a "summer camp" in Cyprus, 1947; aliya to Israel, 1948.
item Id
8118430
First Name
Volf
Zeev
Last Name
Ieger
Yeger
Date of Birth
16/01/1918
Place of Birth
Rona, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
17/09/2009
Date of Creation - latest
30/09/09
Name of Submitter
Yeger Zeev
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