Testimony of Eliezer Leo Matzger, born in Kiel, Germany, in 1920, regarding his experiences in ‎Kiel and Hamburg and his aliya to Eretz Israel

Testimony of Eliezer Leo Matzger, born in Kiel, Germany, in 1920, regarding his experiences in ‎Kiel and Hamburg and his aliya to Eretz Israel Born into a religious family from Galicia; life in Kiel in a non-Jewish area until 1933; life after the ‎Nazi Party came into power; membership in the Zionist Habonim Movement; aliya of his older ‎sisters to Eretz Israel in 1934; closing of the family store; escape to the Hechalutz Movement’s ‎aliya training center in Hamburg in 1936; decision of the movement’s leadership in spring 1939 to ‎send him to Eretz Israel; travel through the Czech region, Austria and Italy; aliya on an illegal ship; ‎life on a kibbutz; conscription to the British army; life in the army until 1946; life in Israel and the ‎United States.‎