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Testimony of Yehoshua Hacohen Adler, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1926, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, London and Brighton

Testimony
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Testimony of Yehoshua Hacohen Adler, born in Antwerp, Belgium, 1926, regarding his experiences in Antwerp, London and Brighton Family of rabbis; move of his father to Berlin; life in the home of acquaintances in Belgium; move to his aunt in London. Unsuccessful attempts by his father to emigrate to London; murder of his father by SS men; harassment by Mosley's fascists, members of the British Union of Fascists, BUF in London; evacuation of schools at the outbreak of the war; move to Brighton; life with a British family in Brighton, 1940; return to London; air-raids on London at night; move to a town; coverage by British newspapers of the murder of Jews in the East. Studies at University College; work as principal of a school for languages; aliya to Israel, 1951; knowledge concerning the murder of his sister in Auschwitz.
item Id
5762092
First Name
Yehoshua
Last Name
Adler
Hacohen
Date of Birth
01/01/1926
Place of Birth
Antwerpen, Belgium
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
16/08/06
Date of Creation - latest
16/08/06
Name of Submitter
יהושע אדלר (הכהן)
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection