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[nb-NO]Record tools[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Displays[nb-NO]	Georges Bossak testimony Remove from selection Toevoegen aan selectie [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2018/010:050 [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Georges Bossak testimony [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Georges Gedaliah Bossak, born July 1, 1915 in Dereczyn, Russia (now Dziarechyn, Belarus), describes his family’s background; his childhood and religious education; being an apprentice to a tailor; being a member of Hechalutz Hatzair; serving in the Polish Army (1937-1938); the endemic antisemitism in the Slonim area; being in the artillery in the Polish Army and hiding at home after the retreat; joining a partisan group led by Icheskel Atlas with three other Jews; joining the Bulak group; getting married in 1946; his two daughters; going to Israel in 1948; going to Germany in 1951; immigrating to Australia in 1955, sponsored by the American Jewish World Service; his feelings towards Poles and Germans; working as a building contractor; and his participation in the Jewish community. [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1984-03-21 - 1984-03-21 [nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]survivors, testimonies, partisans, resistance [nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]testimonies [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO].wav [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Sophie Caplan

[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2018/010:050

[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Georges Bossak testimony

[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Georges Gedaliah Bossak, born July 1, 1915 in Dereczyn, Russia (now Dziarechyn, Belarus), describes his family’s background; his childhood and religious education; being an apprentice to a tailor; being a member of Hechalutz Hatzair; serving in the Polish Army (1937-1938); the endemic antisemitism in the Slonim area; being in the artillery in the Polish Army and hiding at home after the retreat; joining a partisan group led by Icheskel Atlas with three other Jews; joining the Bulak group; getting married in 1946; his two daughters; going to Israel in 1948; going to Germany in 1951; immigrating to Australia in 1955, sponsored by the American Jewish World Service; his feelings towards Poles and Germans; working as a building contractor; and his participation in the Jewish community.

[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1984-03-21 - 1984-03-21

[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]survivors, testimonies, partisans, resistance

[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]testimonies

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[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Sophie Caplan

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