Testimony of Wolf Zeev Rebhun, born in Berlin, Germany, 1920, regarding his experiences at an aliya training facility, in Gehringshof and his escape to Manchester
Life before the war; attends an Adat Israel school; change in the attitude of the authorities towards the Jews, 1933; holding of the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936; move to Fulda, 1937; life in Fulda; move to an aliya training facility in Gehringshof, May 1938; life at the facility; visit of secret policemen at the facility;.
Information from a German policeman regarding imminent deportation to the East and rescue, October 1938; Kristallnacht; help from a German female concierge; return of the aliya training facility staff from Buchenwald; obtains a visa to emigrate to England with help from Reche Freier (founder of Youth Aliyah).
Life in Manchester; aliya to Eretz Israel with forged documents, 1948; participation in the founding of Kibbutz Lavi; visit to Germany.
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item Id
3875264
First Name
Wolf
Zeev
Last Name
Rebhun
Date of Birth
24/11/1920
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives