Testimony of Uri London, born in Duesseldorf, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Hamburg, in Berlin, his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938 and his service in the Jewish Brigade

Testimony of Uri London, born in Duesseldorf, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Hamburg, in Berlin, his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1938 and his service in the Jewish Brigade Life before the war; move to Hamburg with his family, 1927. Nazi rise to power, 1933; Nazi party members position themselves next to Jewish shops and stores, and attempt to prevent purchases from Jewish businesses; death of the witness' mother, 1933; witness attends the Jewish school; removal from a lesson by two Gestapo men, 1936; interrogation regarding his father's actions and opinions; detention of his father by the Gestapo; transfer of the witness to a foster family under the protection of the Jewish community; move to a school of the Hechalutz movement in Berlin; separation from his father in the Hamburg prison; escape from Germany, December 1937; life in Trieste; preparations [for aliya] in the context of Youth Aliyah; aliya to Eretz Israel, January 1938; draft into the British Army, 1943; enlists in the Jewish Brigade; life in Treviso; meets survivors. Receives documentation regarding the death of his father in Buchenwald camp.