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Testimony of Yehudit Berkovitz née Fridman, , born in 1933 in Szikszó, Hungary, about her experiences as a girl in Szikszo, in the Košice ghetto, and in hiding with a Hungarian peasant in Felsovadasz until winter 1945

Testimony
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Life before the war; refugees from Poland arrive; antisemitism; German occupation ensues in March 1944; serving German officers who invade the family home; deportation to the Košice ghetto; wearing the yellow star; living in a brickyard; family escapes from the ghetto with help from a Hungarian friend of the witness's father; finding a hideout with the friend in Felsovadasz; hiding in a granary for three and a half months; hunger, cold, and lice; liberation by Red Army forces in winter 1945; poor physical and mental condition; back to Szikszó; life after the war; immigration to Israel in 1949; adjustment to life in Israel.
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item Id
9465867
First Name
Yehudit
Last Name
Berkovitz
Maiden Name
Fridman
Date of Birth
07/08/1933
Place of Birth
Szikszo, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13598
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
22/06/2011
Date of Creation - latest
22/06/2011
Name of Submitter
ברקוביץ יהודית
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
62
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection