Testimony of Josef Shlomo Burg, born in Dresden, 1909, regarding his experiences in Berlin during Kristallnacht, establishing housing for pioneers in Germany, Zionist activities in Zurich and Geneva, and in Aliya Bet
Testimony of Josef Shlomo Burg, born in Dresden, 1909, regarding his experiences in Berlin during Kristallnacht, establishing housing for pioneers in Germany, Zionist activities in Zurich and Geneva, and in Aliya Bet
Testimony
Testimony of Josef Shlomo Burg, born in Dresden, 1909, regarding his experiences in Berlin during Kristallnacht, establishing housing for pioneers in Germany, Zionist activities in Zurich and Geneva, and in Aliya Bet
Religious family; school; his father is a founder of Hamizrachi; rabbinical seminary studies in Berlin; university studies; move to Leipzig; Mizrachi Hatzair movement activities; Nazi rise to power in Magdeburg, 1932; Zionist activities under Nazi supervision; return to the rabbinical seminary in Berlin to complete his studies; voted to the Zionist executive committee; active in developing housing for pioneers during agricultural training in and outside Germany; participation in the Zionist Congress in Zurich, August 1937; deportation of Polish Jews to Zbaszyn; Kristallnacht and its ramifications; participation in the Zionist Congress in Geneva, 1939; aliya to Eretz Israel and return to Europe; activities in the Aliya Bet center in Geneva until his return aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940; absorption in Israel and his activities until the 1990s.
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3565274
First Name
Josef
Shlomo
Yosef
Last Name
Burg
Date of Birth
1909
Place of Birth
Dresden, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
10766
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives