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Testimony of Asher Yona Rutenshtein, born in 1937 in Ocsod, Hungary, about his experiences as a boy in the Szarvas and Szolnok ghettos, the Strasshof camp, and another camp during the war

Testimony
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Life before the war; offspring of a religious family; antisemitism; German occupation; wearing the yellow star; promulgation of anti-Jewish laws; valuables confiscated; deportation to the Szarvas ghetto; deportation to the Szolnok ghetto; life of terror and fear; deportation to the Strasshof camp; transfer to another camp; farm labor; taken back to Strasshof; surviving bombardments; liberated by Red Army forces in 1945; back to Hungary; life after the war; immigration to Israel in 1956; adjustment to life in Israel.
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details.fullDetails.itemId
9084142
details.fullDetails.firstName
Asher
Yana
details.fullDetails.lastName
Rutenshtein
details.fullDetails.dob
22/05/1937
details.fullDetails.pob
Ocsod, Hungary
details.fullDetails.materialType
Testimony
details.fullDetails.fileNumber
13641
details.fullDetails.language
Hebrew
details.fullDetails.recordGroup
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
04/07/2010
details.fullDetails.latestDate
04/07/2010
details.fullDetails.submitter
רוטנשטיין אשר ינה
details.fullDetails.original
YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
33
details.fullDetails.interviewLocation
ISRAEL
details.fullDetails.testimonyForm
Video
details.fullDetails.dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection