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Oral history interview with Amiel Shomroni

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.145 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0145

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    Oral history interview with Amiel Shomroni

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Amiel Shomroni, born in 1919 in Zagreb, Croatia, describes his family; joining the several youth movements, including Noar Echudi, Shomer Hatzair, and Bnei Akiba (Bnei Akiva); going to Palestine in 1939 but being sent back by the British; studying veterinary medicine; the Germans arrival in 1941 and his family being protected by General Kvatenik, who had been his father's patient; being arrested when the General was dismissed; how he, his wife, daughter, and father hid in a village near the Hungarian border; crossing the border and going by train to Budapest; getting papers to go to Szeged, Hungary; his immigration to Palestine through Romania and Turkey and via train through Syria; and his reflections on his experiences and why he believes he survived and others did not.
    Interviewee
    Amiel Shomroni
    Date
    interview:  1992 August 14
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    Hebrew
    Extent
    4 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Shomroni, Amiel, 1919-
    Corporate Name
    World Hashomer Hatzair

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Nathan Beyrak conducted the interview with Amiel Shomroni in Israel on August 14, 1992, for the Israel Documentation Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the tapes of the interview by transfer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Dept. in February 1995.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:15:12
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