Yisrael Nes נסטנפובר

Testimony of Yisrael Nestenfover Nes, born in Pultusk, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Pultusk, the Soviet Union, Bialystok, Belorussia and in Kazan Life in a traditional family; displays of antisemitism before the war; Hashomer Hatzair activities; The German occupation; deportation of Jews, October 1939; escape to the Soviet Union; life as refugees in Bialystok; move to Belorussia; wanderings; occupation by the German Army, 1941; escape to Kazan with his grandfather; escape of his parents and siblings to Ural; draft of his father to the army; his grandfather's work as a tailor; reunification of the family, 1944; Repatriation; return to Poland; joining the Dror Movement; [unsuccessful attempt to make] aliya on the ship, "Theodor Herzl"; deportation to Cyprus; absorption in Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov; participation in Hativat Harel activities.