[Salo Weisselberger, Russian captivity 1914-1915]
Extent and Medium
1 electronic resource (20 pages)
Creator(s)
- Weisselberger, Salo (author)
Scope and Content
The file is the typewritten account of the tribulation of the Mayor of Czernowitz, Salo Weisselberger, who was deported by the Russian occupation troops as a hostage to Siberia in 1914. The report describes the ordeal of the transport to Siberia, and his imprisonment at various places of the Russian empire until his return after a hostage exchange in November 1915.
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Title viewed: 22/022022
People
- Weisselberger, Salo
Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918--Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine).
- World War, 1914-1918--Austria--Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Prisoners of war--Russia--Personal narratives.
- Prisoners of war--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--History--20th century.
- Jews--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Jews--Family relationships.
- Jews--Austria--Biography.
- Jewish mayors--Ukraine--Chernivtsi--Biography.
- Jews in the professions--Austria--History--20th century.
Places
- Siberia (Russia)--History--20th century.
- Austria--History--1867-1918.
- Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine)
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