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Testimony of Ora Dobo Shvartz, born in 1925 in Satu Mare, Romania, about her wartime experiences in the Cluj ghetto and the Auschwitz Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony
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Life in Cluj; Hungary re-annexes the area in 1940; father inducted into the labor brigades in 1942; mother makes a living on the black market; promulgation of anti-Jewish laws; German occupation ensues; banishment to the ghetto; abuse of the wealthy; Kasztner's speech in the ghetto; deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in June–October 1944; selections by Mengele; sent on to Gross Rosen; death march to Bergen-Belsen in March 1945; back to Romania after liberation; reunites with family; immigrates to Israel in 1949.
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item Id
9638339
First Name
Ora
Last Name
Dobo
Maiden Name
Shvartz
Date of Birth
10/07/1925
Place of Birth
Satu Mare, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13646
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
04/10/2011
Date of Creation - latest
04/10/2011
Name of Submitter
דובו אאוררה אורה
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
53
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository