Testimony of Icchak Nadler, born in Brzezany, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Brzezany Ghetto, Mieszczyszow, wanderings and in hiding

Testimony of Icchak Nadler, born in Brzezany, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in the Brzezany Ghetto, Mieszczyszow, wanderings and in hiding Soviet occupation; occupation of Brzezany by the Germans, 01 July 1941; murder and riots against the Jews by Ukrainian farmers from the village of Szybalin; murder of Jews in the public garden and cemetery during July; murder of 600 Jews including local intelligentsia in the village of Mieszczyszow in the first "Aktion" on Yom Kippur (01 October), 1941; murder of 1200 elderly, sick and poor in the village of Litiatyn in the second "Aktion", December 1941; the "Aktion" on Yom Kippur (21 September), 1942; escape of his wife and son from the round-up before deportation to Belzec; capture of his wife and son during their escape in a group of 80 by a Jewish policeman and their transfer to the Germans; escape from the ghetto; life with his sister's son being hidden by Karolina Nowak, a Polish woman in Mieszczyszow; Karolina Nowak's help to other Jews; activities of the Bandera gang against Jews and Poles in the vicinity of Brzezany, autumn 1941; burning of Karolina Nowak's home; wanderings in search for another hiding place; receives help from the Poles, Antoni Jakubiec and Maria Drobnicka; life with his nephew being hidden by Maria; liberation. Return to Brzezany; attitude of the NKVD; move to DP camps in Germany; starts a new family; life in Munich; General Zionist activities; Bericha activities; aliya with his family to Eretz Israel, 1947.