Testimony of Moshe Rodnik Lurie, born in Wilno, Poland, in 1939, about escaping with his mother from a killing trench in Ponary

Testimony of Moshe Rodnik Lurie, born in Wilno, Poland, in 1939, about escaping with his mother from a killing trench in Ponary Childhood, ghettoization; father murdered in the ghetto; searching for food; Aktion; walking with mother and grandmother to Ponary in 1943; bribing a German officer; gunfire and falling into the trench; witness and mother extricate themselves from the trench; find a hideout with a non-Jew in Bukiskes village; liberation by Red Army forces; witness loses ability to speak for years due to trauma from Ponary; immigrates to Israel in 1957; adjusts to life in Israel.