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Testimony of Yehuda Ziv, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in hiding in Nitra and using a false identity in Bratislava

Testimony

Testimony of Yehuda Ziv, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, 1929, regarding his experiences in hiding in Nitra and using a false identity in Bratislava Orphaned of his mother at a young age; attends a religious-Orthodox school; placed in an orphanage in Austria with his brother; return to Nitra after the Anschluss, 1938; activities in the Bnei Akiva movement. "Aktions", 1942-1944; in hiding in an attic; help from the neighbors; move to Bratislava; receives forged documents; life using a false name; approach of the front, 1944; forced labor digging for the Todt organization; liberation by the Red Army,...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Report sumitted by A. Studer Auer, director of Caritaszentrale in Luzerne, Switzerland, regarding a trip to UNRWA refugee camps in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, Syria and Jordan, 1961 The trip, made on behalf of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, 03-13 November 1961, included Dr. Hans Keller. - Report opens with a general review of the situation of the refugees, describes aid activities on their behalf, and points out that, to date, Switzerland has not participated in these activities; Studer-Auer then gives a detailed daily account of what he saw, and itemizes aid proposals which...

File Number : 159

Type of Material : Survey Report, Statistical Data

Language : German