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Testimony of Yafa Iren (Fisher) Ebert, born in Grabat, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Jimbolia and in the underground in Timisoara

Testimony

Testimony of Yafa Iren (Fisher) Ebert, born in Grabat, Romania, 1924, regarding her experiences in Jimbolia and in the underground in Timisoara Life before the war; move to Timisoara; move to Jimbolia; life in Jimbolia; expulsion from the school; escape of Jewish refugees to Jimbolia. Deportation to Timisoara by train; life in Timisoara; deportation of her father and brother; life in the home of local Jews; transfer to forced labor for the German Army; underground activities in the Dror Habonim movement; liberation by the Red Army. Move with members of a Dror Habonim "kibbutz" to Yugoslavia, Hungary,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Wolf Fridman, born in Stredni Apsa, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in hiding in Stredni Apsa, Budapest and as a Hungarian Army soldier

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Testimony of Zeev Wolf Fridman, born in Stredni Apsa, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in hiding in Stredni Apsa, Budapest and as a Hungarian Army soldier Life before the war. Annexation to Hungary, 1938; deportation of his father to a labor camp, 1941; deportation of the witness, his mother and siblings to Poland, 1941; escape from the train back to Stredni Apsa; hidden by his uncle; escape to Romania; escape to Budapest by train; turns to the JDC for help; fostered by a childless family; Allied forces air-raids on Budapest, 1943; drafted into a labor camp; drafted into a Hungarian Army...

File Number : 12985

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zvi Zoltan Gruenstein, born in Tokaj, regarding his experiences in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Zvi Zoltan Gruenstein, born in Tokaj, 1929, regarding his experiences in Budapest Immediate family; attends "heder" and school; Jewish community; restrictions on Jews; hostile Gendarmerie activities against Jews. Draft of Jews to labor battalions; passage of soldiers through the town; draft of his father to a labor battalion; disappearance of his father; his mother's labor assignments; the children manage the home; relations with neighbors; draft of youth to pre-military training in Levente; Levente activities; beatings from the company commander; punishment; Shabbat Bar Mitzvah; sympathy...

File Number : 11982

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Yehuda Shaul Frenkel, born in Budapest, 1930, regarding his experiences in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Shaul Frenkel, born in Budapest, 1930, regarding his experiences in Budapest Family life in Budapest and Brasso; his father is active in the Mizrachi; his mother is the chairwoman of Hamizrachi women; witness is an active member of Bnei Akiva; learns in the Torat Emet Yeshiva. His family helps refugees in transit from Poland and Slovakia to escape on the Orient Express and helps with certificates; witness relinquishes his place on the escape route in favor of a cousin who is a refugee from Slovakia, 1942; entry of the Germans into Hungary; concentration of the movement's emissaries in...

File Number : 7833

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Ruth Atzmoni, born in Rakospalota, 1926, regarding her experiences in Rakospalota, on the Kasztner Train and in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

Testimony

Testimony of Ruth Atzmoni, born in Rakospalota, 1926, regarding her experiences in Rakospalota, on the Kasztner Train and in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp A close family; her father's livelihood; life at home; celebrating the relgious holidays; studies in a school; the Jewish community; joining a youth movement; arrival of refugees; removing the yellow badge; meeting members of her youth movement in Budapest; the system of getting papers for refugees; marking of Jewish houses; taking of friends to labor camps; entry of the Germans to Hungary; return of the refugees to Czechoslovakia; escape of her...

File Number : 11615

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Fuchs, born in Surany, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his experiences at forced labor in Faczanopuszta and Sashalom

Testimony

Testimony of David Fuchs, born in Surany, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his experiences in forced labor in Faczanopuszta and Sashalom Religious poor family; business in trade; membership in Hashomer Hatzair youth movement; attends a Talmud Torah; work as an apprentice in a shop in Surany; move to Komjatice; move to Komarno; work in a textile vocational school and activities in Hashomer Hatzair. Annexation to Hungary; dismissal from work; mutual help in the community; loss of the shop and help from the family; drafted to forced labor, winter 1939; deportation to Faczanopuszta, spring 1940; labor...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Mose Konig, born in Budapest, 1912, regarding his experiences in Budapest and assistance in rescuing Jews

Testimony

Testimony of Mose Konig, born in Budapest, 1912, regarding his experiences in Budapest and assistance in rescuing Jews Studies in a rabbinical seminary in Budapest and receives university Doctorate; theology and Judaism teacher in the Jewish high school; dismissal from the high school for his Zionist views; activity in Jewish community and Eretz Israel office from 1944; assistance in rescuing Jews; liberation. Joining Hashomer Hatzair; work with orphans and active in establishment of a day care center in Bekescsaba.

File Number : 10748

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of David Gor, born in Okany, 1926, regarding his experiences in Budapest and his underground activities

Testimony

Testimony of David Gor, born in Okany, 1926, regarding his experiences in Budapest and his underground activities From an assimilated family; his grandparents are traditional; father is a merchant; move with the family to Veszto at the age of 10; anti-Jewish legislation, 1938; restrictions on earning a livelihood; his father is unemployed; completion of his high school studies and travel to Budapest to find work; joins a Zionist movement within the framework of the Jewish National Fund, JNF; joins Hashomer Hatzair, which operates clandestinely, 1943; learns the construction trade; displays of antisemitism....

File Number : 9608

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Asher Arani, born in Ujpest (Budapest), Hungary, 1924, regarding his experiences in Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Asher Arani, born in Ujpest (Budapest), Hungary, 1924, regarding his experiences in Budapest Traditional family in Budapest; his father was the head of the community and chairman of the Chevra Kadisha (burial society); witness' membership in Netzach-Habonim from 1942; member of the leadership of the movement that united with Dror Hechalutz, from December 1943. Preparation of bunkers for refugees and preparation for underground activities; his success as a member of Levente, a paramilitary organization that served as a supplementary unit for a Hungarian Army paratrooper unit, to change his...

File Number : 9188

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chedva (Miller) Szanto, born in Vyskovo Nad Tisou, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Budapest underground, Mohacs, Pecs, in hiding and detention

Testimony

Testimony of Chedva (Miller) Szanto, born in Vyskovo Nad Tisou, Czechoslovakia, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Budapest underground, Mohacs, Pecs, in hiding and detention Re-annexation to Hungary, 1938; joins Dror-Habonim; help to refugees from Slovakia and Poland and underground activities in Budapest; German occupation; mission to Mohacs camp and Pecs camp with forged documents and money for the purpose of releasing 10 Jews, including her husband; turning in of underground members by Patio, the collaborator; detention of the underground members, including Zvi Goldfarb, Neshka Goldfarb and Asher...

File Number : 3401

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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