Testimony of Fischl Davidovic, born in Czechoslovakia, regarding his experiences in detention in Poland, 1938, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in France and England and being wounded, 1944

Testimony of Fischl Davidovic, born in Czechoslovakia, regarding his experiences in detention in Poland, 1938, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in France and England and being wounded, 1944 

Testimony of Fischl Davidovic, born in Czechoslovakia, regarding his experiences in detention in Poland, 1938, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in France and England and being wounded, 1944 

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Testimony of Fischl Davidovic, born in Czechoslovakia, regarding his experiences in detention in Poland, 1938, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in France and England and being wounded, 1944 Born in Czechoslovakia. Service in a Czechoslovakian military intelligence unit during the mobilization, 1938; capture and arrest in Poland; release after intervention by members of the Jewish community in Stary Sambor, 1939; establishment of a joint refugee center in Krakow; establishment of a refugee group headed by Prof. Goldstuecker; arrival in England via Sweden, May 1939; transfer to the Czechoslovakian Army in France, 1940; percentage of Jewish participation; displays of antisemitism in the military unit; evacuation after defeat of France; arrival in England, 1940; hundreds of Jewish soldiers forswear the Czechoslovakian Army due to antisemitism; actions taken against antisemitism by President Benes and Minister Masaryk, 1940-1943; military service in a British Royal Air Force (RAF) maintenance squad; religious and social life of the soldiers; contact with Jewish families in England; fighting against besieged Germans at Dunkirk; wounded, October 1944. Disillusion after return to liberated Czechoslovakia; increase of antisemitism in Slovakia; warning of imminent arrest; aliya to Israel, 1948. Information provided regarding: Kohout, Goldstuecker, Kohn, Anezka Hrdinova, Koukal, Druha, Krejcir.