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Postcard to her brother-in-law Vilmos Veisz in Budapest, thrown from the train to Ravensbrueck by Roza Guttman, 05 November 1944

Postcard to her brother-in-law Vilmos Veisz in Budapest, thrown from the train to Ravensbrueck by Roza Guttman, 05 November 1944 Comments by the submitter of the material regarding the experiences of Yoseph Leibowitz, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932: - Only child of Barta and Peter Leibowitz; - Death of his father before the outbreak of the war; - Deportation to the Budapest Ghetto with his mother, November 1944; - Deportation by train to Ravensbrueck of his maternal aunt, Roza Guttman, who throws a postcard from the train at the Austrio-Hungarian border; - Postcard is addressed to her...

File Number : 1974

Type of Material : Postcard

Language : Hungarian

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File Number : 13667

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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Testimony

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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File Number : 2476

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of László Virányi, born in Kecskemét, Hungary in 1909, regarding his experiences in the Kecskemét Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross Rosen and Dachau camps

Testimony of László Virányi, born in Kecskemét, Hungary in 1909, regarding his experiences in the Kecskemét Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross Rosen and Dachau camps Life in Budapest, including work as the director of a company; dismissal from his work in 1939; escape to Kecskemét; work in Kecskemét as an apprentice in a workshop in a machinery factory; deportation to forced labor in an ammunitions factory [apparently, it was in the same factory]; German occupation; escape to Budapest; escape back to Kecskemét; life in Kecskemét; he volunteers for military [?] labor; escape to Izsák; deportation to the...

File Number : 2605

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Ezra Katz, born in Újbárd, Hungary in 1890, regarding his experiences in the Mátészalka Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Magdeburg and Berga Elster camps

Testimony of Ezra Katz, born in Újbárd, Hungary in 1890, regarding his experiences in the Mátészalka Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Magdeburg and Berga Elster camps Mátészalka Ghetto [life]; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau on a deportation train; arrival to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp; selection; inmates receive beatings; holding of roll-calls; he volunteers for labor and receives extra food; labor from the morning until the evening; transfer to Buchenwald camp, between six to seven days later; receipt of no food for several days, en route; Buchenwald camp life; residence in a tent; receipt of...

File Number : 2571

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Sándor Frühlinger, born in Ladamóc, Czechoslovakia in 1924, regarding his experiences in the Sátoraljaújhely Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross Rosen, Dachau and other camps

Testimony of Sándor Frühlinger, born in Ladamóc, Czechoslovakia in 1924, regarding his experiences in the Sátoraljaújhely Ghetto and in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross Rosen, Dachau and other camps Detention [arrested] at his home by the Germans, and transfer as a hostage to an assembly place in the school in Sátoraljaújhely on 19/03/1944; life at the assembly place with another 81 hostages for four and a half weeks; receipt of food from the Jewish community; deportation to the Sátoraljaújhely Ghetto; he meets his family members; Sátoraljaújhely Ghetto life, including labor as a policeman; labor inspecting...

File Number : 2460

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of István Popper, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1914, regarding his experiences in a prison on Mosonyi Street in Budapest, in the Nagykanizsa detention camp and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Monowitz camps Life in Budapest during the German occupation; work in transporting electrical equipment for the German Army; searches after him in the family home, 24 April 1944; escape to his holiday home in Alsógöd; receiving a call-up order for the Police and detention; deportation to a prison on Mosonyi Street in Budapest, 25 April 1944; transfer to the Nagykanizsa detention camp, the next day, 26 April 1944;...

File Number : 2340

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Helén Éliás, born in Rákospalota, Hungary, 1914, regarding her experiences in the Rákospalota Ghetto, in the Békásmegyer detention camp and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Altenburg camps Life in the Rákospalota Ghetto for two weeks; permit for staying outside the Ghetto until six in the evening; deportation to the Békásmegyer detention camp; camp life with crowding; sleeping on the ground in the sand; deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau; life on the train for three days; arrival in the camp, 12 July 1944; selection; camp life; roll calls; hunger and suffering from freezing cold temperatures; being...

File Number : 2324

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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