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Viola Klein (Benedek (Goldhammer))

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj- Napoca, Romania)
Death: circa 1944 (30-39)
Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jenő Moses Jakab Benedek and Juliana ("Juliska") Yite Benedek
Wife of Ferencz Klein
Mother of Anikó Klein and Pista Klein
Sister of Gabriella Benedek; Zoltan Zanvil Benedek; Eva Cecilia Benedek and Private

Managed by: Pip de P. James
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About Viola Klein

Viola KLEIN, née BENEDEK: b. 8 July 1909, Kolozsvar - d. circa 1944, Auschwitz, HOLOCAUST.
She was born Viola Goldhammer but his father changed her surname in 1915 to Benedek.

Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=8230...

Viola cuci Klein nee Benedek was born in Kolozsvar, Romania in 1909 to Jeno and Juliska. She was married to Ferencz. Prior to WWII she lived in Nagyvarad, Romania. During the war she was in Nagyvarad, Romania.

Viola cuci was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by her sibling, Lea Livia Ardeleanu

Last Name Klein First Name Viola First Name Cuci First Name Viola Maiden Name Benedek Gender Female Date of Birth 08/07/1909 Place of Birth Kolozsvar,Cluj,Transylvania,Romania Father's First Name Jeno Mother's First Name Juliska Marital Status Married Spouse's First Name Ferencz Permanent Place of Residence Nagyvarad,Bihor,Crisana-Maramures,Romania Place during the War Nagyvarad,Bihor,Crisana-Maramures,Romania Place of Death Auschwitz,Camp,Poland Date of Death 1944 Status according to Source murdered Submitter's Last Name Ardeleanu Submitter's First Name Lea Submitter's First Name Livia Relationship to Victim Sibling Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection Type of material Page of Testimony Item ID 823082

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Viola Klein's Timeline

1909
July 8, 1909
Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj- Napoca, Romania)
1936
1936
Nagyvárad, Hungary (now Oradea, Romania)
1941
1941
Poszony, Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia)
1944
1944
Age 34
Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland