Esther Jungreis

Jewish Holocaust Survivor

Esther explains how cigarettes were obtained in her barrack in exchange for a shofar. She remembers the joyful feeling upon hearing the shofar blowing during a celebration of Rosh Hashana- the holiday commemorating the start of the Jewish New Year- in the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.

Gender: Female

DOB: Apr 7, 1936

City of Birth: Szeged (Hungary)

Country of Birth: Hungary

Ghettos: Szeged (Hungary)

Went into Hiding: No

Concentration Camps: Bergen-Belsen (Germany), Kasztner Transport

 

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