עדות של Alois David Elefant יליד 1915 Vinkok, צ'כוסלובקיה על קורותיו ב-Katowice, בשטח הכיבוש הסובייטי ובשורות הצבא הצ'כוסלובקי

Testimony of Alois David Elefant, born in Vinkok, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Katowice, in the Soviet occupied area and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier 

Testimony of Alois David Elefant, born in Vinkok, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Katowice, in the Soviet occupied area and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier 

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Testimony of Alois David Elefant, born in Vinkok, Czechoslovakia, 1915, regarding his experiences in Katowice, in the Soviet occupied area and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier Experiences of the Carpathian Ruthenian Jews during the Czechoslovakian mobilization, 1938; experiences of the Carpathian Ruthenian Jews at the beginning of the Soviet occupation,1939; establishment of a refugee center at Katowice; experiences of German speaking Czechoslovakian Jews; life under the protection of the British consulate; impact of the Soviet-German treaty; refugee life in Soviet occupied territory; privileges for politically reliable individuals; deportation of politically unreliable individuals to labor camps; formation of a Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk, 1942; enlistment by the first Jewish volunteers; military training without arms; anti-Soviet sentiments and Communist influence; combat at Sokolovo, 1943; Jewish participation and losses; Czechoslovakian brigade in Novokhopersk, 1943; role of Jewish officers from England; unsuccessful plans for breakthrough to Slovakia, 1944; combat in Slovakia. Demobilization, 1945; development after 1948; expulsion of Jews from the Czechoslovakian Army; erosion of pro-Soviet sympathies; antisemitism among Ukrainians and among Czechoslovakian officers in liberated Slovakia; aliya to Israel 1949. Information provided regarding: Mudr. Frantisek Engel, Mudr. Frankenstein, Hugo Reissmann, Vojtech Reissmann, Josef Sved, Malvina Frieimann Fast, Dr. Vojtech Eckstein Erban, Kabos, Muenzova, Szuecs, Ludvik Svoboda, Rytir, Kral, Novak, Geroe, Brezina, Janko, Jaros, Prochazka, Kreindler, Kratochvil, Alexander Baumberger, Max Kral, Ing. Hlavac, Grossmann, Vera Grossmannova, Ing Schiff, Goldmannova, Scharf, Judr. Bernard, Alexandr Jakubovic, Perla Jakubovic, Vozaly.