Testimony of Itzhak Fligelman, born in Świerże, Poland, 1933, regarding his escape from Poland and deportation to the eastern part of the Soviet Union

Testimony of Itzhak Fligelman, born in Świerże, Poland, 1933, regarding his escape from Poland and deportation to the eastern part of the Soviet Union Childhood in a middle-class family; life in Świerże as part of the Jewish minority; the family’s move to Dorohusk in 1934; the establishment of a soda pop factory by his father; the outbreak of war in 1939; air-raids and German occupation; the escape of his parents to the Soviet-controlled area of Ukraine; life with his sister in Świerże under German occupation; his uncle smuggled him along with his sister to the Soviet-controlled zone; escape to Luboml in 1940; reunification with his parents; the family's preparations for returning to the family home following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact; the arrival of the Soviet police and the deportation of the family to the Siberian region; escape to Tajikistan; school studies; the return of the family to Russia two years later; reunification with his extended family; the end of the war; return to Poland after the war; aliya to Israel in 1950; absorption.