Testimony of Yoel Gyorgy Hershkovitz Harpaz, born in Puspokladany, Hungary, 1942, regarding his experiences in Puspokladany and Budapest
Testimony of Yoel Gyorgy Hershkovitz Harpaz, born in Puspokladany, Hungary, 1942, regarding his experiences in Puspokladany and Budapest
Testimony
Testimony of Yoel Gyorgy Hershkovitz Harpaz, born in Puspokladany, Hungary, 1942, regarding his experiences in Puspokladany and Budapest
Life in Puspokladany with his family.
Draft of his father to the labor battalions, summer 1942; death of his father, 1943; move to Budapest with his mother; German Army occupation of Hungary, March 1944; sealing of the Budapest Ghetto; Budapest Ghetto life including the smuggle of food by his uncle while using a false identity; in hiding in the attic during the approach of Arrow Cross men; air-raids; liberation by the Red Army, January 1945.
Life after the war including displays of antisemitism; aliya to Israel, 1957.
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item Id
9107472
First Name
Gyorgy
Yoel
Last Name
Harpaz
Hershkovitz
Date of Birth
1942
Place of Birth
Puspokladany, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives