USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Menaḥem Ṿayg

Oral History | Digitized | VHA Interview Code: 22581

Overview

Interviewee: Menaḥem Ṿayg
Experience Group: Jewish Survivor
Gender: M
Interview Length: 2:23:51
Interview Date: 11/12/1996
Interview Location: Central / Israel
Birth Year: 1926
Birth City: Apsa (Podkarpatska Rus/ Czechoslovakia)(generic)
Birth Country: Czechoslovakia
Camps: Mauthausen (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Gunskirchen (Austria : Concentration Camp)
St.Martin an der Raab (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Hiding or False Identity Location: Apsa (Podkarpatska Rus/ Czechoslovakia)(generic)
Type of Hiding Place: forests
family homes
Liberated By: armed forces/ United States
Location of Liberation: Gunskirchen (Austria : Concentration Camp)
Other Experiences: evasion of roundups
escapes from Aktionen
displaced persons camps
forced labor battalions/ Hungarian
forced labor: body removal and disposal
Prewar Religious Identity: Orthodox Judaism
Postwar Religious Identity: Judaism
Description: Forms part of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute Visual History Archive.