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Testimony of Arie Likht, born in Hajduszoboszlo, Hungary, 1924 regarding his experiences in Hungary during the war period

Testimony

His parents' home; antisemitism; move to Budapest, 1942; German occupation, March 1944; obligation to report for labor clearing rubble; restrictions on movement; yellow badge; drafting order; transfer to Szolnok; labor in a military factory, July 1944; sorting of skilled workers; drafting into the Hungarian Army and deployment to the front; approach of the Soviet front; retreat; Horthy's declaration, 1944; expulsion from the Hungarian Army; concentration of the Jewish soldiers and transfer to the Austrian border; transfer into the hands of the German Army, Sopron; labor building fortifications along the...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Letter from Lajos Pásztor to his parents in Budapest written during his military service in the Hungarian Army in Nyíregyháza, including a description of the deportation of the Jews of the city and its surroundings to the local ghetto, 24 April 1944 Notes from Orna Noy who submitted the material The members of the Pásztor family from Budapest were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. During the war, they hid the stepfather of Orna Noy, the submitter of the material.

File Number : 2226

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs of Pavel Klein regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Budapest, Hungary, his desertion from the battalion during a death march to Stary Oskol, his imprisonment in a Soviet POW camp and his service as a physician on the front lines in the Czech unit of the Red Army Work as a physician in the Jewish hospital in Budapest, Hungary. Outbreak of the war; draft of the Jewish men to labor battalions at the front; draft of his brother, Laci; message regarding the death of his brother; draft of Pavel to a labor battalion as a physician, late 1942; final preparations and arrival in Ersekujvar;...

File Number : 8555

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Miriam Eva (Reiter) Zinger, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Lenzing camp

Memoirs of Miriam Eva (Reiter) Zinger, born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia, 1927, regarding her experiences in the Munkacs Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Lenzing camp Life before the war; attends the Hebrew high school. German occupation; yellow badge; deportation to the Munkacs Ghetto; transfer of her father and other Jews to the Great Synagogue; abuse of the Jews by Hungarian soldiers; liquidation of the ghetto, April 1944; deportation to Auschwitz by death march; camp life; murder of her father, grandfather and grandmother; life in Birkenau in the Gypsy camp; transfer of the Gypsies to the gas...

File Number : 8517

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Joint memoir of Shimshon Shimko Grinberg, born in Skole, Poland, 1908, and Lea Lucia (Rothfeld) Grinberg, born in Skole, Poland, 1912, entitled "Testimony from the Inferno", regarding their experiences in Skole, a camp and in hiding in a forest Life in Skole during the Soviet occupation, 1939; re-annexation to Hungary, 1941; confiscation of Jewish property; murder and persecution of Jews by the Ukrainians; escape to a forest in order for Lea to give birth; stillbirth and escape back to Skole; "Aktion", September 1942; escape to a forest; return to the family home three days later; labor in a sawmill with...

File Number : 8511

Type of Material : Memoirs, Personal Documents, Work Permit

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German, Ukrainian

Memoirs of Zsuzsanna Feld, born in 1918, regarding her experiences in a marked house in Budapest, in Obuda, in Koghaza and in Mauthausen

Memoirs of Zsuzsanna Feld, born in 1918, regarding her experiences in a marked house in Budapest, in Obuda, in Kophaza and in Mauthausen Life in Budapest including deportation to a marked house, summer 1944; deportation to a brick factory in Obuda; life there; cruelty of Hungarian soldiers; transfer to Kophaza by forced march; life in Kophaza including labor for local villagers; deportation towards Mauthausen by forced march; women attacked with iron rods and hammers by SS guards; murder of some of the women; transfer to Mauthausen; camp life including murder of the sick women; the German Army flees;...

File Number : 8503

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Testimony, Names, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Memoirs of David Viktor Schwarcz, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion, in the Kosice Ghetto, Hangony, Zdenová, in the Red Army in Dargov, and in other places Life in Kosice including the termination of studies, 1942; life in Budapest including work; deportation to a labor battalion, October 1943; transfer to the Kosice Ghetto in the context of the labor battalion; Kosice Ghetto life including forced labor; transfer to Hangony with a labor battalion; transfer to a labor battalion in Zdenová; transfer to Rimaszombat with a labor battalion; transfer to Leventetelep...

File Number : 8382

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Jacob Markovich, born in Nagyleta, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Hungary, Transylvania and Marghita

Testimony

Testimony of Jacob Markovich, born in Nagyleta, Hungary, 1922, regarding his experiences in labor battalions in Hungary, Transylvania and Marghita Childhood in an Orthodox family in Szeghalom; move to Budapest for Yeshiva studies; return after three years; apprenticeship as a tailor; move with his sister to Budapest. Reporting to a labor battalion, October 1943; forced labor for approximately one year building an airfield in Szentkiralyszabadja; living conditions in Szentkiralyszabadja; transfer to Transylvania after a year; labor in a sawmill under comfortable conditions; receiving information regarding...

File Number : 13233

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shlomo Sigmund Weiss, born in Dunajska Streda, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Komarom, Banhida, Kisber, the Dunajska Streda Ghetto, Auschwitz and more

Testimony

Testimony of Shlomo Sigmund Weiss, born in Dunajska Streda, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences in Komarom, Banhida, Kisber, the Dunajska Streda Ghetto, Auschwitz and more Home life; annexation to Hungary, 1938 [name of town changed to its Hungarian name, Dunaszerdahely]; displays of antisemitism; cancellation of family business license; house searches; economic difficulties. German occupation, 1939; locking up Jews in a cellar, beatings and interrogations about valuables; hiding of the family valuables; draft and deportation to a labor camp in Komarom, 1942; escape during : Hanukkah...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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