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Testimony of Eduard Fosner, born 1927 in Bucharest, Romania, about expulsion to the Oradea ghetto, deportation to Auschwitz and other camps, death march, and escape

Testimony

Testimony of Eduard Fosner, born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1927 , regarding expulsion to the Oradea ghetto, deportation to Auschwitz and other camps, death march, and escape Childhood before the war; transfer to Oradea in 1938; entry of the Hungarians in 1940; expulsion from school; anti-Jewish legislation ; service in the Levente Association; German occupation in 1944; order to wear yellow badge, and other orders; expulsion to the ghetto in May 1944; deportation to Birkenau; hunger; roll-calls and selections; transfer to Buchenwald for a brief time and from there to Magdeburg; labor in rebuilding and...

File Number : 13773

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Meir Friedman, born in 1925 in Halmaj, Hungary, about his experiences in Halmaj and Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Meir Friedman, born in 1925 in Halmaj, Hungary, about his experiences in Halmaj and Budapest Offspring of an Orthodox religious family in Halmaj; German occupation of Hungary begins in 1944; Jews of the area rounded up in a brick factory in Kosiĉe; witness is transferred with his family to Budapest by a brother; entering a marked house in April 1944; escaping to the "Glass House" in October 1944; Arrow Cross operatives assault the house; saved by a German officer from murder on the Danube on December 31, 1944; liberation by Red Army forces on January 18, 11945; half a year in Vienna;...

File Number : 13472

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Antonin Antel Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, regarding his ‎experiences in the Chust Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Mauthausen camps, and forced labor in ‎Ebensee

Testimony of Antonin Antel Motovitz, born in Chust, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, regarding his ‎experiences in the Chust Ghetto and in Auschwitz and Mauthausen camps, and forced labor in ‎Ebensee His childhood in a traditional home; his studies in a Czech secondary school; the Hungarian ‎invasion on 17 March 1939; the schools’ adoption of “Numerus Clausus” policy (Jewish quotas) in ‎‎1940; antisemitism; recruit of his father to the labor battalions in 1940; deportation of his family in ‎a freight train to Yasina and crossing the Dniester River to Ukraine on 15 July 1941; looting by ‎Ukrainians; failed attempt by...

File Number : 13702

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

List of property of Fülöp Hirsch related to the activities of the Zionist organization in Nagysalló, and seized by the Hungarian Gendarmerie in Nagysalló, 25 July 1940

List of property of Fülöp Hirsch related to the activities of the Zionist organization in Nagysalló, and seized by the Hungarian Gendarmerie in Nagysalló, 25 July 1940 Included is an official translation to Hebrew of the list; original document is located in the Yad Vashem Archives, M.48/774.

File Number : 477

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, English, Hungarian

Testimony of Moshe David Bleier, born in Kisterenye, Hungary in 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Kisterenye, in the Salgotarjan Ghetto, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Auschwitz camps

Testimony of Moshe David Bleier, born in Kisterenye, Hungary in 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Kisterenye, in the Salgotarjan Ghetto, and in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Auschwitz camps Life before the war; middle-class, traditional family; antisemitism; closure of his father's store by the Hungarian Gendarmerie, and its sale by the "Cash-Box Guards" Police [?]; transfer of his father to service in the labor battalions; disappearance of his father during 1939-1940; concentration of the Jews, and their deportation to the Salgotarjan Ghetto by the Hungarian Police and SS men, 1944; deportation to...

File Number : 13572

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Veronika (Sztrul) Friedmann, born in Sarmas, Transylvania, 1918, regarding her experiences before the Holocaust and in the Plaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Parschnitz camps

Testimony

Testimony of Veronika (Sztrul) Friedmann, born in Sarmas, Transylvania, 1918, regarding her experiences before the Holocaust and in the Plaszów, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Parschnitz camps Born to an observant family in Sarmas (Hungarian: Salamas); her parents were Adolf, born in Bilbor and Eszter (Rubin) Sztrul, born in Salamas; her siblings were Jenő Sztrul and Ernő Sztrul; her other siblings were not mentioned by name; her maternal grandfather was Salamon Rubin whose two sons Adolf and Herman perished in the Holocaust, and whose daughter, the witness' mother, and the two children of his second daughter,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Rachel Lakosh, born in Kisujszallas, Hungary, 1921, regarding her experiences in Kisujszallas, Vienna, the Szolnok Ghetto, Strasshof camp and Budapest

Testimony

Testimony of Rachel Lakosh, born in Kisujszallas, Hungary, 1921, regarding her experiences in Kisujszallas, Vienna, the Szolnok Ghetto, Strasshof camp and Budapest Her childhood in a well-to-do, traditional family including attending an Hungarian elementary school and high school; move to Vienna for studies, 1937; life in Vienna including antisemitism; return to Hungary. Draft of the men to forced labor in Ukraine; disbelief regarding information received regarding Auschwitz; deportation to the Szolnok Ghetto; Szolnok Ghetto life, for one month; deportation on freight trains to Strasshof camp; camp life...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Zilberman Caspi, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1941, regarding his experiences in Budapest, protected houses, an orphanage in Hungary, and in Transylvania and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Zilberman Caspi, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1941, regarding his experiences in Budapest, protected houses, an orphanage in Hungary, and in Transylvania and other places Stories that he heard in his childhood. Deportation of his father to labor camps by the Hungarians, 1943; death of his father toward the end of the war, 1945; German Army occupation of Budapest, 1944; deportation [of Jews] to labor camps; placed in a Red Cross protected house by his grandfather, along with his sister, 1944; escape from the protected house, with help from a Christian Hungarian, to a protected house of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Dov Bernard Berl Zisovitz, born in Volove, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences in Volove, Rimavska, Miskolc, Bucharest and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Bernard Berl Zisovitz, born in Volove, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences in Volove, Rimavska, Miskolc, Bucharest and other places His childhood and youth in Volove. Hungarian Army occupation of Volove, 1939; life under Hungarian rule including antisemitism; anti-Jewish legislation and policies, 1940; confiscation of his father's textile store; deportation to forced labor for the Hungarian Army including in Rimavska Sobota, Eger and Bistrica; escape; liberation by the Red Army in Miskolc; transfer to a Soviet POW camp, 1944; escape; in hiding in the mountains in...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Sylvia (Blau) Wirzbaum, born in Borod, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Oberhohenelbe, Pocking, Paris and other places

Testimony

Testimony of Sylvia (Blau) Wirzbaum, born in Borod, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, Oberhohenelbe, Pocking, Paris and other places Life under Hungarian occupation, including antisemitism and anti-Jewish policies; German Army occupation of Oradea Mare, 1944; Oradea Ghetto life for six weeks, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; camp life including separation from her family; transfer to Oberhohenelbe deportation camp in Czechoslovakia, 1944; camp life including labor in a "Lorenz" factory producing cars for the Germans; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. ...

File Number : 13163

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

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