Testimony of Shmaryahu Weiss, born in Papa, Hungary, 1939, regarding his aliya to Israel through a certificate, 1943
Family background.
Enlistment of his father to the labor battalions and his work in a forced labor camp, 1942; deportation of his aunt, uncle and their two children from Bratislava, and their arrival in the hometown of witness ,Papa, 1943; attaching the witness and his brother to the certificate with the uncles; approval of aliya to Eretz Israel with consultation and recommendation of Rabbi Meltz in Budapest; crossing to Budapest and departing by train, evening of Yom Kippur 1943; travel to Israel via Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, 1943; his mother and sister were deported to Auschwitz.
Absorption in Jerusalem in his uncles' house; aliya of his father to Eretz Israel, 1946; a touching meeting with his father; information of the death of his mother and sister; life in the country.
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9916628
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Shmariahu
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Veis
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12/08/1939
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Papa, Hungary
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives