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Zeev Wolf Rebhun

Testimony
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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3875264
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Wolf
Zeev
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Rebhun
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24/11/1920
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Berlin, Germany
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Testimony
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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06/03/2001
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06/03/2001
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REBHUN WOLF ZEEV
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YES
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ISRAEL
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection