Testimony of Nachum Kammerman Kedar, born in Vienna, Austria, 1920, regarding his experiences in Vienna, Roskilde, Halsingborg, Bornholm and other places
Family of Polish immigrants; life before the Anschluss; witness attends elementary and high schools; activities in Maccabi Hatzair movement.
Anschluss, 1938; arrest of his father; deportation of his father to Dachau; emigration to Denmark with help from the Hechalutz movement; work on farms in Roskilde, Halsingborg and Bornholm; German occupation of Denmark, 1943; escape to Sweden with help from Hechalutz; work on a farm in Simrishamn; end of the war.
Studies in Uppsala; aliya to Israel, 1950; work in the Weizmann Institute as an agronomist and researcher.
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item Id
3765236
First Name
Nachum
Nakhum
Last Name
Kadar
Kamerman
Kedar
Maiden Name
Kammermann
Date of Birth
28/07/1920
Place of Birth
Wien, Austria
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives