Testimony of Haim Schneider, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Austria, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 and in the British Army

Testimony of Haim Schneider, born in Vienna, Austria, 1921, regarding his experiences in Austria, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939 and in the British Army Life before the war; activities in the Blau-Weiss movement; assassination of Engelbert Dollfuss, the Chancellor of Austria, by Nazis, 1934; establishment of soup kitchens; confiscation of his father's workshops by Sturmabteilung, SA members and the police. Annexation of Austria to Germany, March 1938; cleaning of walls and streets by Jews; deportation of the Jewish intellectuals to Dachau; Kristallnacht; burning of synagogues; detention of his father and a family member by people in the National Socialist party; deportation of his father to Dachau; release of his father; deportation of his father to Lwow; receives a letter from his father via the Red Cross organization; smuggle of his brother to England on the Kindertransport; witness' aliya to Eretz Israel with Youth Aliyah, 1939; enlists in the British Army; service and life in the British Army. Receives information regarding the death of his mother in Theresienstadt.