Testimony of Otto Spira, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences in the French Foreign Legion in France and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in England

Identifier

3731990

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

O.59/79

Level of Description

File

Languages

Czech

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

http://collections1.yadvashem.org/notebook_ext.asp?site=sapir&item=3731990&lang=ENG&menu=1

Extent and Medium

Typewritten original

15 pages/frames

Acquisition

submitted by: ERICH KULKA

Scope and Content

Testimony of Otto Spira, born in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1911, regarding his experiences in the French Foreign Legion in France and as a Czechoslovakian Army soldier in England Escape routes of Jewish refugees to France and the Middle East, 1939; Jews in the French Foreign Legion; Jews in Czechoslovakian units in France, 1940; life in the Agde training camp; chaotic retreat to England; role of Jewish volunteers in Czechoslovakian units, 1943; difficulties in joining the air force; fighting at Dunkirk, 1944. Life in the American liberated zone; life in liberated Prague, 1945.

Places

<>,<>,<>,Great Britain
Dunkirk,Nord,<>,France
Istanbul,<>,<>,Turkey
Beograd,<>,Serbia North,Yugoslavia
Beirut,<>,<>,Lebanon
<>,<>,<>,Czechoslovakia
Oran,Oran,<>,Algeria
Moravska Ostrava,Moravska Ostrava,Moravia-Silesia,Czechoslovakia
Marseille,Bouches du Rhone,<>,France
<>,Loire,<>,France
Agde,Herault,<>,France
Wien,Vienna,<>,Austria
Trencin,Trencin,Slovakia,Czechoslovakia
Praha,Praha Hlavni Mesto,Bohemia,Czechoslovakia
Sidi Bel Abbes,Oran,<>,Algeria

Genre

Testimony

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עדות של Otto Spira יליד 1911 Moravska Ostrava, צ'כוסלובקיה על קורותיו בצרפת בלגיון הזרים ובשורות הצבא הצ'כוסלובקי באנגליה