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Testimony of Ben Dor Blau Yohanan Yitzkhak Tibor, born in Makó, Hungary in 1935, regarding his experiences in Makó and Szeged Ghettos and in Theresienstadt and Strasshof camps

Testimony of Ben Dor Blau Yohanan Yitzkhak Tibor, born in Makó, Hungary in 1935, regarding his experiences in Makó and Szeged Ghettos and in Theresienstadt and Strasshof camps Childhood in a modern Orthodox family; father was vice president of the Mizrachi movement in Hungary after the war; studies in Neolog School and in heder at the same time; antisemitism; entry of Germans in March 1944; confiscation of radio receivers and valuables; yellow badge; closing of Makó Ghetto and family living in grandfather’s home inside the ghetto; expulsion via freight train to Újszeged; roundup of Jews on a soccer pitch;...

File Number : 13654

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Matilda (Shenvirt) Grinberger, born in Cicarovce, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Cicarovce, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Matilda (Shenvirt) Grinberger, born in Cicarovce, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Cicarovce, Auschwitz, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen Her childhood in an Orthodox religious family; receives a Jewish education privately. Outbreak of the war; hiding of their property in the home of neighbors; deportation to the Ungvar Ghetto; detention of her father; interrogation of her father; detention in a brick factory, for approximately five weeks; draft of young people to labor battalions in Ukraine; deportation on the first transport to Auschwitz; separation from her mother and her...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chana (A---) Sabovitz, born in Polana, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz and Weisswasser

Testimony

Testimony of Chana (Alter) Sabovitz, born in Polana, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding her experiences in the Mukacevo Ghetto, Auschwitz and Weisswasser From a religious family; life before the war. Draft of her brother to a labor battalion; arrival of refugees from Poland; cancellation of business licenses, 1942; confiscation of possessions; German occupation, 1944; concentration of the Jews in the local school; deportation to the Mukacevo Ghetto, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life including labor sorting the clothing of deportees; support of her sisters; her sister's illness; labor making braids...

File Number : 12769

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Stanislaw Niedzwinski from Poland regarding the POW camp in Chelm and the murder of the Jewish inmates

File Number : 2168

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

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File Number : 3552

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Bluma Klein, nee Shtraus, born in Mako, Hungary in 1927, regarding her experiences in ghetto Szeged and her transfer to agricultural labour in Austria.

Testimony

Testimony of Bluma Klein,nee Shtraus, born in Mako,Hungary in 1927,regarding her experiences in ghetto Szeged and her transfer to agricultural labour in Austria. Family background; life before war; outbreak of war; occupation by German soldiers; deportation to ghetto Szeged,1944; living for several weeks in brick factory; deportation to camp Strashof; remaining there for 2 days and transfer to transit camp; deportation with her mother and part of her brothers to agricultural work in Gaming,Austria; life in camp with French and Belgian captured soldiers; help by these soldiers in hard work; good attitude from...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew