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Letters written by Sergeant Boh Vazac, a soldier in the British Army serving in the Middle East, to Olga Libicka in London, 1941-1943

File Number : 1634

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Czech

Personal documentation belonging to Otta Friedmann, born in Boskovice, Czechoslovakia, 09 March 1905, who served in the British Army , 1942-1946

Personal documentation belonging to Otta Friedmann, born in Boskovice, Czechoslovakia, 09 March 1905, who served in the British Army , 1942-1946 - Enlistment in the British Army, 19 October 1942; - Soldier's service and pay books; - English language textbook; - Program of "Masaryk's Month of Celebration in Palestine" celebrations in Tel Aviv; - Advertisement flier; - Letters; - Emigration certificate; - Military medal; - Diary from 1951.

File Number : 409

Type of Material : Poem/song, Photocopy, Photo(s), Chart(s), Drawing(s), Dictionary, Note, Personal Documents, Notepad, Document, Announcement, Newspaper, Educational Kit, Letter(s)

Language : Hebrew, Czech, English, German

Testimony of Walter Urban Ueberreich, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1905, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel via Kaunas, and his experiences as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in the Middle East, England and Dunkirk Escape to Lithuania, 1939; assistance from the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); enlistment in the Czechoslovakian Army unit in the Middle East, 1940; transfer to the Middle East; Jews in the Agami training camp; antisemitic incident in Kantara; life in the Czechoslovakian battalion in Gedera, Metula, on the El-Alamein front and in besieged Tobruk, 1942; transfer of Czechoslovakian...

File Number : 85

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Czech

Testimony of Henry Fantl, born in Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, 1912, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940, military service within the Middle East area and via the Soviet Union in Sadagura and in combat in Dukla, Jaslo and Liptovsky Mikulas Born in Czechoslovakia. Military service as an officer during the Czechoslovakian general mobilization, 1938; dismissal from employment as a lawyer due to his being Jewish, 1939; formation of a military group while on a refugee ship sailing to Eretz Israel, 1940; explosion on the refugee ship, "Patria", near Haifa port, 1940; enlistment of a Jewish group...

File Number : 20

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Czech

Testimony of Moshe Dubsky, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1919, regarding his experiences as a Beitar and Zionist movement activist before the war, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940, service in the Czechoslovakian Army in the Middle East and Britain and service in the US Army in Plzen Born in Prague; Zionist and Beitar activities in Prague, 1935-1939 Sending of transports of illegal immigrants to Eretz Israel, 1940; arrival in Eretz Israel on the ship, "Sakariya", 1940; mobilization, and enlistment in Czechoslovakian units in the Middle East and the Czechoslovakian battalion in Tobruk; transfer to...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Czech

Documentation of Isaak Stone, a U.S. serviceman during the war who kept abreast of the Nuremberg trials in 1945–1946

Documentation of Isaak Stone, a U.S. serviceman during the war who kept abreast of the Nuremberg trials in 1945–1946 - statement titled “The Military Balance in the Middle East” by Senator Henry M. Jackson, July 14, 1971; - letter from Senator Henry M. Jackson to Isaak Stone, July 19, 1971; - secret documents—materials from a U.S. Army (?) survey of German forces; - correspondence of Richard Strauss and Martin Borman with Adolf Hitler, June 1939–January 1944; - letter of Isaak A. Stone, November 7, 1942; - letter of Isaak A. Stone, June 12, 1962; - map of Central Europe, showing the positions of U.S....

File Number : 47

Type of Material : Survey, Map, Correspondence

Language : English, German