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Testimony of Chaia Edith Shapira née Goldshtein, born in 1932 in Izsak, Hungary about her experiences as a girl in Izsak, the Budapest ghetto, and in hiding in Pestszenterzsebet

Life before the war; offspring of an Orthodox religious family; father assigned to fortification work; father returns several months later in 1941; father falsely accused of communist tendencies; father arrested and released; father inducted into labor brigades; witness escapes to Budapest; German occupation ensues in March 1944; wearing the yellow star; escapes to marked houses in the Jewish quarter; evicted from marked houses; taken with brother to a house under Swedish protection; sent to Bud...
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item Id
9458639
First Name
Chaia
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Last Name
Shpira
details.fullDetails.maidenName
Goldshtein
Date of Birth
1932
Place of Birth
Izsak, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13590
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
15/06/2011
Date of Creation - latest
15/06/2011
Name of Submitter
שפירא גולדשטיין חיה אדית
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
52
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video