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Testimony of Moshe Hofman, born in Sziget, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences in Sziget, in the Sziget Ghetto and in Auschwitz

Testimony of Moshe Hofman, born in Sziget, Romania, 1935, regarding his experiences in Sziget, in the Sziget Ghetto and in Auschwitz Life in Sziget until the German occupation; Deportation to the Sziget Ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; selections; camp life including receiving an inmate number #28148, and forced labor digging and building bunkers; liberation by the Red Army; Note: The brothers, Emanuel, Yoel, Alexander, Eliyahu and Michael; the sisters Leah (?), Perl (?) and Ruchele; his father's work as a melamed (religious studies teacher) in a "heder" for children aged 3-13 in Sziget; his mother is a housewife; registration of some of the siblings under the mother's family name (Herskovitz); Moshe's work as a baker.
item Id
9790178
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.33 - Testimonies, Diaries and Memoirs Collection
Name of Submitter
אהרון הופמן
Original
NO
Connected to Item
O.33- Testimonies, diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust period and regarding the Holocaust
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection