Testimony of Boris Ebenspenger, born in Cakovec, Yugoslavia in 1926, regarding his experiences in Cakovec, in Sopron and Baja camps, with the partisans lead by Tito, and in other places
Testimony of Boris Ebenspenger, born in Cakovec, Yugoslavia in 1926, regarding his experiences in Cakovec, in Sopron and Baja camps, with the partisans lead by Tito, and in other places
Testimony
Testimony of Boris Ebenspenger, born in Cakovec, Yugoslavia in 1926, regarding his experiences in Cakovec, in Sopron and Baja camps, with the partisans lead by Tito, and in other places
Life in Cakovec as a child; antisemitism; activities in the Beitar movement;
Escape of Jewish refugees; Hungarian occupation, April 1941; deportation to forced labor in Budapest, July 1943; forced labor in Szolnok starting in March 1944; transfer to Sopron camp and to other camps in Hungary; transfer to Baja camp, October 1944; unsuccessful attempt to escape to the liberated city of Belgrade; meeting with inmates from Bor camp (he mentions their names); transfer to forced labor in Russia; escape; capture and deportation to Gunskirchen camp; escape; he meets US Army soldiers in Wels and Mauthausen; escape, and he joins the People's Army for the Liberation of Yugoslavia (the partisans lead by Tito); liberation, May 1945;
His family's fate; aliya to Israel, 1981.
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item Id
9242726
First Name
Djuro
Guro
Last Name
Boritz
Ebenspanger
Date of Birth
1926
Place of Birth
Cakovec, Yugoslavia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Serbian
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives