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Petr Bachrach (* 1929)

You have to decide who you want to marry. You either get married with the army or you marry your woman

  • He was born on February 5th 1929 in the Polish town of Bielsk

  • He ran away to Slovakia in 1939

  • All of his family members died in concentration camps

  • He escaped from the concentration transport and joined a group of partisans

  • He participated in the Slovak National Uprising, as a soldier he also participated in liberation of Czechoslovakia

  • After the war he became a car repairman and passed several graduation exams

  • In 1947 he signed up for Israeli Palmach

  • He fought in Israeli War of Independence, in Sinai War, the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War and the Peace for Galilea operation

  • He resided in Bohemia during years of 1990-2005, and he now lives in Israel (namely in Haifa)

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