Testimony of Emanuel Issler, born in 1925 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, about his experiences in Gelsenkirchen, Zagreb, Villa Emma, and Switzerland

Testimony of Emanuel Issler, born in 1925 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, about his experiences in Gelsenkirchen, Zagreb, Villa Emma, and Switzerland Childhood in Gelsenkirchen; manifestations of antisemitism before the war; father sent to Buchenwald; moving to Austria; moving with a group of Jewish boys to Yugoslavia; the Jewish community of Zagreb receives the group; German occupation ensues in April 1941; evading deportation to concentration camps; the group moves to the Italian occupation zone using forged documents and with help from the authorities in Ljubljana; evacuation of the group to Nonantnola, northern Italy, in July 1942; concentration in Villa Emma; joining Jewish orphaned children from Yugoslavia; the Germans enter in late 1943; approx. 100 children aged 7 up are placed in hiding with residents and in convents; crossing into Switzerland with help from Jewish organizations in October 1943; life in refugee camps and children's homes in Switzerland; immigration to Eretz Israel in 1945; adjustment to life in Eretz Israel.