Testimony of Aleksander Naiman, born in Ipatovo, Russia, 1942, regarding his mother's escape from Novodarovka to the east of the Soviet Union, his birth in 1942, and their continued survival

Testimony of Aleksander Naiman, born in Ipatovo, Russia, 1942, regarding his mother's escape from Novodarovka to the east of the Soviet Union, his birth in 1942, and continued survival Outbreak of the war; his father drafted into the Red Army; His mother’s escape from Novodarovka while pregnant, with her sister and sister's children; wandering by train; arrival in Ipatovo; birth of the witness, February 1942; approaching frontlines; continued escape eastward in carts, later by train; arrival in Baku; bombings along the way; lack of sanitation; food shortages; boarding a ship in Baku; set sail on the Caspian Sea to Kyrgyzstan; more bombings; hunger; disembark the ship; continued wandering for a month and a half; arrival in Uzgen; settle in a camp near Uzgen; work in cotton fields; disease; stories of children being kidnapped by local bandits; witness kidnapped at age 2½; rescued by camp members; return to Ukraine in 1944; settlement in Orekhovo; Disease; starvation, 1946-1948; post-war rehabilitation of life.