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Testimony of Leslie Stasny, born in Neveklov, Czechoslovakia, 1908, regarding his experiences in Prague, Poland, Cesky Tesin and Great Britain

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Testimony of Leslie Stasny, born in Neveklov, Czechoslovakia, 1908, regarding his experiences in Prague, Poland, Cesky Tesin and Great Britain Wealthy secular family; attends school; studies law and receives his doctorate, 1932; life in Prague including work as a lawyer; membership in Theodor Herzl Society; failed aliya attempt. German occupation; refusal of his parents to escape to Great Britain; detention by the Gestapo, 1939; deportation to Poland; return to Czechoslovakia; life in Cesky Tesin; escape to Great Britain via Danzig; help from Jewish organizations; life in Britain; work as a laborer; end of the war. Return to Czechoslovakia; help in the establishment of an orphanage; emigration to the United States; studies; work as a social worker; aliya to Israel, 1980.
item Id
3741726
First Name
Ladislav
Leslie
Last Name
Stasny
Stastny
Date of Birth
1908
Place of Birth
Neveklov, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
English
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
21/07/1999
Date of Creation - latest
21/07/1999
Name of Submitter
STASNY LESLIE
Original
YES
Location of Originals
Yad Vashem Archives
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Audio
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection