עדות של Malvina (Friedmannova) Fantova , ילידת Cejkov, צ'כוסלובקיה, על קורותיה בפולין, בברית המועצות ובשורות הצבא הצ'כוסלובקי

Testimony of Malvina (Friedmannova) Fantova, born in Cejkov, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Poland, the Soviet Union and as soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army 

Testimony of Malvina (Friedmannova) Fantova, born in Cejkov, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Poland, the Soviet Union and as soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army 

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Testimony of Malvina (Friedmannova) Fantova, born in Cejkov, Czechoslovakia, regarding her experiences in Poland, the Soviet Union and as soldier in the Czechoslovakian Army Born in Czechoslovakia. Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ruthenia; dramatic evacuation from Carpathian Ruthenia, 1939; unsuccessful attempt to escape to Great Britain; handed over to the Germans at the Dutch border; interrogation by the Gestapo; expulsion to Poland; life in a refugee center in Katowice, 1939; air flights to Rowne during the war between Germany and Poland; role of the Communists in classifying and deciding upon refugees, 1940; enlistment as a nurse in the Red Army, 1941; first woman admitted to serve in a Czechoslovakian fighting unit; arrangement of medical care for volunteers coming from Soviet POW camps; Jewish women in Siberian forced labor camps; military training of Jewish women in the Buzuluk battalion, 1942; aid and rescue during battle of Sokolovo, 1943; battle of Kiev, 1943; Soviet conduct during the Dukla battle, 1944. Aliya to Israel with the Czechoslovakian Haganah Brigade, 1949. Information provided regarding: Truhlar, Mudr. Vesely, Mudr. Lavi Lebovic, Hugo Raisman, Bela Raisman, Frantisek Elefant, Ludvik Svoboda, Melzer, Nilcoln, Kulka, Mudr. Liebreich Libal, Kriegl Kral, Vera Ruzickova.