Testimony of Jochanan Twersky, born in Vienna, Austria, 1925, regarding his experiences in Vienna on Kristallnacht, in Belgium and England

Testimony of Jochanan Twersky, born in Vienna, Austria, 1925, regarding his experiences in Vienna on Kristallnacht, in Belgium and England Raised in a modern Orthodox family; his father served as President of Hamizrachi in Vienna and head of the synagogue [prayer house] "Beit Yaakov Yosef"; death of his father, 1931; Kristallnacht; leaving Vienna with the help of a female smuggler, June, 1939; move to Belgium for two weeks. Escape to England; receiving an Affidavit from Rabbi Twersky and arrival in London; the "Blitz"; evacuation to a village within the framework of Rabbi Dr. Sheinfeld's Jewish schools; Yeshiva studies in Manchester, 1940-1945; move to London; enlistment in Lehi as preparation for aliya to Eretz Israel. Aliya to Israel, 1949.