Testimony of Jindřich Hora, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1909, regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Patria", 1940, in the Atlit camp, as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in Tobruk, in England and in combat in Dunkirk; persecution by the Communists after 1948 Member of a group of Jewish military men abroad the refugee ship, "Patria", sailing to Eretz Israel, 1940; contacts with the Czechoslovakian attaché in Jerusalem; refusal of the British to grant permission to dock; explosion abroad the "Patria"; sinking of the "Patria"; detention of the survivors in the Atlit camp; enlistment in the Czechoslovakian unit, 1941; displays of antisemitism by Czechoslovakian soldiers and officers from the Soviet Union, 1941; military training at the Agami camp; combat at Tobruk, 1942; anti-aircraft unit headed by Gen. Klapalek, 1943; transfer to Great Britain, 1943; training for service in a tank brigade; proportion of Jewish soldiers; combat at Dunkirk, 1944. Demobilization, 1945; persecution by the Communists from 1950.