Benno Finger
TitleBenno Finger
Author
Object numbersl116
Place of publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Year of publication
Undated
MaterialAudio-visual material
NotesInterviews with Australian Holocaust survivors for the 'Twelfth Hour Oral Testimonies Project'
Description
Benno Finger, born August 10, 1919 in Czernowitz, Romania (Chernivtsi, Ukraine), describes growing up in Romania before the war; experiencing the beginning of the war and German occupation; living in the harsh conditions of the ghetto; being deported to Ukraine and staying in a stable in a Kolkhoz; working on a farm to survive; going to Nikolayef doing road work; being liberated by the Russian army; serving for the Russian Army in Poland; living in Bucharest, Romania and Belgium after the end of the war; and immigrating to Australia in 1948.