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Dvora Ron
Testimony
Testimony of Dvora (Polak) Ron, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1924, regarding her experiences in a teacher's home in a village in Denmark
Well-to-do Zionist family in Prague; life before the war; her father is a Czech political activist and a Zionist activist.
German occupation, 1938; membership in the Blau-Weiss youth movement; move to Denmark with a group of children under the protection of the Jewish Agency and the Danish Women's League for Peace and Freedom, November 1939; life in a teacher's home in a village including work as a housemaid for the family; social and cultural activities lead by an emissary from Eretz Israel.
German occupation of Denmark, April 1940; move of the children to Copenhagen, December 1940; move of the children to Stockholm; move to Helsinki; aliya to Eretz Israel via Odessa, Bulgaria, Turkey and Syria, early 1940.
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item Id
4708245
First Name
Dvora
Last Name
Ron
Maiden Name
Polak
Date of Birth
05/07/1924
Place of Birth
Praha, Czechoslovakia
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
03/02/04
Date of Creation - latest
03/02/04
Name of Submitter
RON POLAK DVORA
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Subjects
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection