Abrahám Pressburger (7 May 1924 – 24 July 2018) was a Jewish-Czech partisan during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. He lived in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Life

Abrahám Pressburger was born in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

and during World War II he was arrested and sent to the

Sereď Sereď (; hu, Szered ) is a town in southern Slovakia near Trnava, on the right bank of the Váh River on the Danubian Lowland. It has approximately 15,500 inhabitants. Geography Sereď lies at an altitude of above sea level and covers an are ...

concentration camp Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simpl ...

. He later escaped and joined Jewish guerrilla warfare group Hashomer Hatzair. He also participated in the

Slovak National Uprising The Slovak National Uprising ( sk, Slovenské národné povstanie, abbreviated SNP) was a military uprising organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II. This resistance movement was represented mainly by the members of the ...

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Abraham Pressburger (1924)
(Memory of Nations)
Pravda o partyzánech: Neřízení, hladoví, bez munice
(Aktuálně.cz) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pressburger, Abraham 2018 deaths Czech people of World War II Czech resistance members Czechoslovak emigrants to Israel Jewish partisans 1924 births Sereď concentration camp survivors