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Dan Vishnitzer
Testimony
Testimony of Dan Wischnitzer, born in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, 1920, regarding his experiences in Sosnowiec transition camp, a refugee camp in Slovakia and with a Jewish family in Ruzomberok
Life before the war; life in Jablonec; move to Prague, 1939, life in Prague.
Arrest for Polish citizenship; deportation to Sosnowiec transit camp; camp life; labor in the SA barracks; evacuation of the camp, February 1940; transfer to a refugee camp in Slovakia; life with a Jewish family in Ruzomberok.
Aliya to Eretz Israel, May 1941; enlists in the British Army; military service in North Africa; meets with Jews in Benghazi and Cairo.
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item Id
3565568
First Name
Dan
Last Name
Vishnitzer
Wischnitzer
Date of Birth
13/07/1920
Place of Birth
Liberec, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
27/01/1999
Date of Creation - latest
27/01/1999
Name of Submitter
WISCHNITZER DAN
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection