Testimony of Julius Heler, born in Ersekujvar, Hungary, 1908, regarding his experiences in prison due to his help to Yugoslavian partisans
Testimony of Julius Heler, born in Ersekujvar, Hungary, 1908, regarding his experiences in prison due to his help to Yugoslavian partisans
Testimony of Julius Heler, born in Ersekujvar, Hungary, 1908, regarding his experiences in prison due to his help to Yugoslavian partisans
Life before the war; medical university studies in Bratislava and internship in Zilina; antisemitism in Slovakia, 1928-1929; move to Austria, 1937.
Return to Hungary following the "belonging law" and anti-Jewish legislation; draft to a labor battalion; life in the labor battalion including forced labor dragging stones, 1940; contact with the Yugoslavian partisans; transfer of equipment and medicine to the partisans for two years; arrested for his help to the partisans; torture in prison; trial, January 1945; prison life; march of the prison inmates to Bernau under the escort of Hungarian policemen and SS soldiers; disappearance of the accompanying guards, 08 May 1945.
Return home; fate of his family; establishment of a monument for his family; aliya to Israel, 1949; work as a physician in Israel; art activity.
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item Id
3561347
First Name
Julius
Yulius
Last Name
Heler
Date of Birth
1908
Place of Birth
Ersekujvar, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
7070
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives