Abrahám Pressburger

Abrahám Pressburger
Born
Jindřich Pressburger

(1924-05-07)7 May 1924
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Died24 July 2018(2018-07-24) (aged 94)
Omer, Israel
Allegiance
Conflicts
EducationMasaryk grammar school

Abrahám Pressburger (né Jindřich Pressburger[1]; 7 May 1924 – 24 July 2018) was a Jewish-Czech partisan during World War II. He later lived in Israel where he worked as a construction worker and civil engineer.[2]

Early life

Pressburger was born on 7 May 1924 in Bratislava in Czechoslovakia.[1][2] Pressburger attended the Masaryk grammar school in Plzeň where he was a classmate and friend of Rudolf Vrba.[2] According to Pamäť Národa Pressburger was expelled from school for his Jewish ancestry in 1939.[2]

World War II

In 1942 Pressburger was interred at Sereď concentration camp.[2] While at Sered' Pressburger met Vrba who had survived Auschwitz concentration camp.[2] In 1944 Pressburger escaped Sered' while part of a detached prisoner labor unit and joined the Jewish resistance group Hashomer Hatzair, he later participated in the Slovak National Uprising where he was wounded.[3][4][5]

Later life

Following the war Pressburger became the chairman of Haschomer Hatzair in Czechoslovakia.[1] Beginning in 1948 Pressburger, his wife Eva Ginz (the sister of Petr Ginz), and sister emigrated to Israel via France.[1] While in Israel Pressburger worked as a civil engineer and construction worker.[2] Pressburger died on 24 July 2018 in Omer, Israel.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ambassador I. Schwarz awarded war veterans". mzv.gov.cz. May 14, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Abraham Pressburger * 1924 †︎ 2018". Memories of Nations. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Příběh Abraháma Pressburgera - 1. díl" [The story of Abraham Pressburger - 1st volume] (in Czech). Czech Radio. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Abraham Pressburger (1924) - Witness story". Memory of Nations. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  5. ↑ "Pravda o partyzánech: Neřízení, hladoví, bez munice". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2018-07-17.


This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.