Testimony of Leizer Finkelstein, born in Iaşi in 1923, regarding his and his family's experiences on the death train from Iaşi to Podu Iloaiei

Testimony of Leizer Finkelstein, born in Iaşi in 1923, regarding his and his family's experiences on the death train from Iaşi to Podu Iloaiei Round-up of Leizer's family (his father, mother, five brothers and three sisters) by the Romanian police and gendarmes on 29 June 1941; release of the women and children; transfer of his father and brothers to the Iaşi Police headquarters (the Jews are beaten by SS soldiers at the gate); transfer to the railway station with three of his brothers, and deportation to Podu Iloaiei in sealed cattle cars on 30 June 1941; description of the conditions in the train; arrival to Podu Iloaiei, and transfer to labor as a carpenter; housing at local Jewish families; news that his father is in another camp; he meets his family in Iaşi six months later and learns that one of his brothers died; transfer to forced labor by the Romanian authorities in 1942.