gb-003348-wl1965
has record set type: Collection
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1937-01-01
identifier: WL1965
scope and content: Correspondence and photograph
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1992-01-31
type: RecordSet
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/gb-003348-wl1965/alternateIDs/1
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/gb-003348-wl1965/acquisitions/1
has or had holder: gb-003348
conditions of access: Open
title: Fritz Weisskopf collection
record resource extent: 1 folder
history: Fritz Weisskopf (1920-1994) was born in Ratibor, Upper Silesia. He attended the Rhediger Gymnasium in Breslau from 1931-1938, where he became friends with Walter Laqueur. He traveled to Palestine and from 1938-1940 attended agricultural college. He spent the war years as a soldier in the British Army, achieving the rank of Captain. From 1947-1949 he was a major in the Israeli army. He became a department head for physical education in the Ministry of Education and after retirement a tour guide.