Testimony of Ora (Plessner) Khaion, born in Pijesak, Yugoslavia, 1920, regarding her experiences in Zagreb and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Testimony of Ora (Plessner) Khaion, born in Pijesak, Yugoslavia, 1920, regarding her experiences in Zagreb and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 From a Zionist family; witness' father is a lumber merchant; her grandfather is a physician; family moves to Zagreb; life in Zagreb including attendance at a Maccabi Jewish school; Women's Zionist Organization, WZO, activities; Jewish National Fund, JNF, activities; Hashomer Hatzair activities as a member of the executive leadership; distribution of legal aliya certificates; escape to Bulgaria; escape to Turkey; escape to Syria; escape to Lebanon. Legal aliya to Eretz Israel, September 1940.