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Testimony of Kalman Meyer Schweiger, born in Szeged, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Szeged Ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz

Testimony of Kalman Meyer Schweiger, born in Szeged, Hungary, 1927, regarding his experiences in the Szeged Ghetto and deportation to Auschwitz Life in Szeged during the war; imposition of restrictions on the Jews; deportation of Jews to labor battalions; yellow badge as a way of separating Jewish and non-Jewish workers; transfer with the Jews to the Szeged Ghetto under the supervision of the Hungarian police, March 1944; ghetto life; guarding of the ghetto by Hungarian gendarmes under the command of Imri Pinta; Hungarian gendarmes' weapons and uniforms; transfer with the Jews to a brick factory;...

File Number : 8518

Type of Material : Testimony, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of László Jacob Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1908, and Judith Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1918, regarding their experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen and Switzerland

Memoirs of László Jacob Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1908, and Judith Somogyi, born in Hungary, 1918, regarding their experiences in Budapest, Bergen-Belsen and Switzerland Occupation of Budapest by the German Army; life in Budapest; transfer to Bergen-Belsen on the Kasztner train, July 1944; life in Bergen-Belsen, July-December 1944; transfer to Switzerland; liberation.

File Number : 8222

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Testimony of Shlomo Ronen Reismann, born in 1927 in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Bererhovo, living under a false identity in Budapest, and immigrating to Eretz Israel in 1944

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Ronen Reismann, born in 1927 in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in Bererhovo, living under a false identity in Budapest, and immigrating to Eretz Israel in 1944 Life with his family in Berehovo; Hungary re-annexes the area; rest of the family is deported to Auschwitz; Dror Habonim movement activity; working in Budapest under a false identity; immigration to Eretz Israel in 1944; rehabilitation and adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.

File Number : 13515

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Hermina (Gruenberg) Vlasopolos, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, the Reichenbach camp, the Parschnitz camp and other places

Testimony of Hermina (Gruenberg) Vlasopolos, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1919, regarding her experiences in the Oradea Ghetto, Auschwitz, the Reichenbach camp, the Parschnitz camp and other places Life in the Oradea Ghetto, 04 April-01 June 1944; [deportation to Auschwitz, 01 June 1944;] life in Auschwitz until August 1944; [deportation to the Reichenbach camp, August 1944;] life in Reichenbach; [deportation to the Parschnitz camp;] life in Parschnitz; [deportation to the Sudetenland;] life in an aircraft factory in the Sudetenland.

File Number : 8042

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Testimony of Avigdor Janos Peter Balint Bar On, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1931, regarding his experiences in Budapest and in hiding

Testimony

Testimony of Avigdor Janos Peter Balint Bar On, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1931, regarding his experiences in Budapest and in hiding His childhood in Budapest with his family. Outbreak of the war; German Army occupation of Hungary; in hiding outside the ghetto while using forged documents. Aliya to Eretz Israel within the context of the Hashomer Hatzair movement.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Chaim Ludovich Steinberger, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Halmeu, the Noua Sulita Ghetto and labor camps

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Ludovich Steinberger, born in Satu Mare, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Halmeu, the Noua Sulita Ghetto and labor camps His childhood in Halmeu with his family. Deportation of the Jews from the villages to the Noua Sulita Ghetto; deportation of the Jews to Auschwitz; life in labor camps, 1944-1945. Aliya to Israel, 1951.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Erna Vera (Siha) Veinshtein, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Novi Sad, while using a false identity, in Budapest and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Erna Vera (Siha) Veinshtein, born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1929, regarding her experiences in Novi Sad, while using a false identity, in Budapest and Israel Life in Novi Sad under Hungarian rule, 1941; registered as a Catholic by her Catholic father who converted to Christianity before the war; attends a school administered by Catholic nuns, 1941; murder of Jews in Novi Sad by Hungarian soldiers during the large Razzia (round-up); life with her parents while using a false identity as a Catholic, with the help of forged documents; deportation of her mother's family to the Subotica Ghetto, 1943;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Samuel Berger, born in Svalava, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Budapest, the Budapest Ghetto, Vienna, DP camps and Israel

Testimony

Testimony of Samuel Berger, born in Svalava, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding his experiences in Budapest, the Budapest Ghetto, Vienna, DP camps and Israel Life under Hungarian occupation, 1939; control taken over his father's shoemaking workshop; detention of his father by the Hungarians, 1940; increase in antisemitism; anti-Jewish legislation; return of his father, 1940; move to Budapest, 1942; life in Budapest including work in odd jobs; German Army occupation of Budapest, 1944; life in a marked house; draft to forced labor battalions of the Hungarian Army in the Budapest area, 1944; transfer back to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Zeev Goldberg, born in Wisnicz Maly, Poland, 1937

Testimony

Testimony of Zeev Goldberg, born in Wisnicz Maly, Poland, 1937 Capture of his father by the Germans, 1942; move to the Bochnia Ghetto together with his mother and his brother; illegal crossing of the border to Slovakia with the aid of a Jewish guide; illegal crossing of the border to Hungary; detention on the train by Hungarian policemen; incarceration; hospitalization for scarlet fever; transfer to a orphanage for refugees; transfer to a Christian children's institution under a Christian identity; air-raids on Budapest; being hidden in various children's homes; searching for food on the streets; marching of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Israel Hofman, born in 1929 in Volove, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in the Sekernica ghetto, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg, and Ebensee

Testimony

Testimony of Israel Hofman, born in 1929 in Volove, Czechoslovakia, about his experiences in the Sekernica ghetto, Auschwitz, Wolfsberg, and Ebensee Life under Hungarian rule in 1940; boys conscripted for forced labor in 1943; German occupation ensues; brother conscripted into labor brigades; sister is concealed in the countryside; family is sent to the Sekernica ghetto; father works as a driver for the Hungarians; witness is sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau; separated from the family; interned in a closed barracks for roughly one month; selection to the Wolfsberg camp; working as a mechanic; receiving protection...

File Number : 13218

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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