Testimony of Beno Tzal, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Vienna, escape to England, and service in the British Army during the invasion of Normandy

Testimony of Beno Tzal, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Vienna, escape to England, and service in the British Army during the invasion of Normandy Life in Vienna as the son of parents from the Galicia area; without Austrian citizenship; life in a Jewish orphanage; his brothers' aliya to Eretz Israel with pioneering groups; the Anschluss (annexation of Austria to the Third Reich); anti-Jewish legislation; dismissals from work; hoodlumism on the streets; his sister's escape to Switzerland; receiving a deportation notice from Austria; obtaining a visa to England through the Bachad movement; escape to England, 1939. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; drafted to the British Army Royal Armored Corps, 1941; participation in the invasion of Normandy, June 1944; discharge from the British Army in the area of Hamburg, May 1945. Aliya to Eretz Israel with his brother Leo, 1947; death of his brother in battle in the War of Independence; participation in the founding of Kibbutz Yasur, 1948.