Testimony of Miriam (Breiter) Olewkowicz, born in in Rakołupy, Poland, regarding her experiences in Rakołupy, the surrounding villages, and Lublin

Testimony of Miriam (Breiter) Olewkowicz, born in in Rakołupy, Poland, regarding her experiences in Rakołupy, the surrounding villages, and Lublin Her childhood in the village of Rakołupy in a wealthy family; education in elementary school; Outbreak of the war in 1939; rise of antisemitism; concentration of Jews in the ghetto at the end of 1941; preparation of hiding places; digging pits and sudden round-up of Jews; escape and wandering between villages; stay with farmers under Ukrainian identity; life in barns and forests; hunger; Liberation in the summer of 1944; arrival in Lublin; joins a kibbutz; departure to Israel; exile to Cyprus; aliya to Israel.