Testimony of Shalem Shalam Bezalel, born in Aleksandrow, Poland in 1924, regarding his experiences in Aleksandrow, in Glowno, in the Warsaw Ghetto and in Budzyn camp

Testimony of Shalem Shalam Bezalel, born in Aleksandrow, Poland in 1924, regarding his experiences in Aleksandrow, in Glowno, in the Warsaw Ghetto and in Budzyn camp Childhood in a Zionist, traditional family; his family owns a workshop for socks/stockings; he studies in a Polish school and in a Hebrew school; outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation from Aleksandrow; wanderings until reaching Glowno; life in a ghetto for approximately two months; deportation before Pesach; wanderings for approximately two months; arrival to the Warsaw Ghetto; he hides during the "Aktions"; death of his father in 1941; death of his brother; death of his mother; Warsaw Ghetto life, until its liquidation; transfer from the bunker, 25 April 1943; deportation to Budzyn camp; labor as a welder including in the welding of pipes; attitude of his supervisor; Budzyn camp life; hunger in the camps; retreat of the Germans; liberation by the US Army, 05 May 1945; residence in an empty camp in the nearby village; move to Italy; life in a Zionist surrounding; aliya to Eretz Israel, late 1946; he evades deportation to Cyprus; life in Israel.