Testimony of Harry Fischer, born in Vienna, Austria, 1918, regarding his experiences in Vienna, in the Yugoslavian Army and in the partisans in Yugoslavia
His childhood in Vienna including activities in a youth movement, participation in demonstrations against the regime and activity posting announcements; emigration to Yugoslavia due to his father's citizenship, 1938; work as a photographer; move of his mother and brother to his father in Yugoslavia.
Draft into the Yugoslavian Army, 1938; taken captive by the Germans on the border of Albania; service as a medic in a hospital in Kosovo Prizren, 1940; taken captive by the Germans as a Yugoslavian Army soldier, autumn 1940; release [from captivity], spring 1941; work as a civilian photographer; enlists in the Yugoslavian partisans, autumn 1943; work as a military photographer; establishment of military photography units; release [from the military], 1945.
Aliya to Israel, December 1948.
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Hari
Harry
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Fiescher
Fischer
Fisher
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26/02/1918
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Wien, Austria
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives