Testimony of Gustav Gad Brosh Bershling, born in Botosani, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Botosani during the war

Testimony of Gustav Gad Brosh Bershling, born in Botosani, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Botosani during the war Childhood before the war; his father was a wealthy merchant; displays of antisemitism before and during the war; Outbreak of the war, 1940; information regarding the situation of the Jews in Europe; hosting fleeing Polish refugees; anti-Jewish legislation; confiscation of radio receivers; confiscation of clothing and valuables; imposition on the Jews of a special tax for the war effort; expulsion from school; studies at a Jewish school; his father's conscription into the labor battalions; abuse by members of the Romanian Iron Guard; eviction from the apartment; living in a small room; liberation by the Red Army, April, 1944; Meeting refugees from Transnistria; return home; Hashomer Hazair activities; aliya to Israel, 1951; absorption.