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Moshe Shapira
Testimony
Testimony of Moshe Shapira, born in Zborow, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Sosedovo, Vladivostok and in the Polish Army in Breslau and in Dresden
Life before the war; attends a high school in Lwow; studies carpentry in Zborow; move to Tarnopol.
German occupation, June 1941; escape to Sosedovo; escape to Vladivostok; drafted into the Polish Army, May 1944; military service including combat in Breslau and Dresden; end of the war.
Joins Gordonia; wanderings in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria and Italy; aliya attempt on the ship, "Haim Arlozorov"; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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item Id
4067803
First Name
Moshe
Last Name
Shapira
Date of Birth
1921
Place of Birth
Zborow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
11/11/01
Date of Creation - latest
25/11/01
Name of Submitter
SHAPIRA MOSHE
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video