Testimony of Josef Tibor Rot Gold, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1910, regarding his experiences in the underground movement, 1939, aliya to Eretz Israel via Poland, the Soviet Union, France and Turkey, 1940, in the Agami camp and as a British Army

Testimony of Josef Tibor Rot Gold, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1910, regarding his experiences in the underground movement, 1939, aliya to Eretz Israel via Poland, the Soviet Union, France and Turkey, 1940, in the Agami camp and as a British Army 

Testimony of Josef Tibor Rot Gold, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1910, regarding his experiences in the underground movement, 1939, aliya to Eretz Israel via Poland, the Soviet Union, France and Turkey, 1940, in the Agami camp and as a British Army 

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Testimony of Josef Tibor Rot Gold, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1910, regarding his experiences in the underground movement, 1939, aliya to Eretz Israel via Poland, the Soviet Union, France and Turkey, 1940, in the Agami camp and as a British Army soldier in Salerno, Cassino and Capri Born in Czechoslovakia. Participation in the Slovak underground movement, 1939; assistance to Czechoslovakian officers at illegal border crossings; transfer to Poland; service as an aid to Czechoslovakian volunteers at the Slovak embassy in Warsaw, 1939; Soviet occupation; in captivity in the Soviet Union; NKVD interrogations; antisemitism; transports to France and the Middle East commanded by Col. Ludvik Svoboda, 1940; fight against antisemitism in Czechoslovakian units in Middle East by Dr. M. Jellinek, 1941; increased antisemitism as a motivation for transfer to kibbutzim, 1942; rejection of request to join the Jewish Brigade in Eretz Israel; enlistment in the British Army; Jews in the British Army fight at Salerno and Monte Casino, 1944; causes of antisemitism in the British Army. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946. Information provided regarding: Novotny, Prchala, Hoblik, Fedor Rupelt, Stanislav Budin, Machaj, Dr. Salatnai, Dostal, Ludvik Svoboda, Licidlo, Polansky, Dr. Benda, Ing. Kalman, Jaemulinec, Dousera, Badura, MUDr. Taraba, Orlov, Dr. Jelinek, Jan Lichtner, Mejzl, Klapalek, Dr. Vancura, Sladek, Stetka, Stein, Reichl, Dr. Mezel.