Testimony of Menachem Krzepicki, born in Praszka, Poland, 1912, regarding his experiences in Danzig, Bratislava, Crete, Cyprus and other places

Testimony of Menachem Krzepicki, born in Praszka, Poland, 1912, regarding his experiences in Danzig, Bratislava, Crete, Cyprus and other places Life before the war; his father is a merchant; move of the family to Danzig, 1928; life in Danzig including work with his father in a textile shop; restrictions on the Jews, 1938; pogrom against the Jews, 01 March 1939. Kidnapping of Jewish men before the visit of Adolf Hitler, 18 September 1939; organization of escape of Jews to the United States by the head of the Jewish community; escape of Jews to Eretz Israel via Yugoslavia; deportation to Bratislava, 26 August 1940; aliya attempt to eretz Israel on board the ship, "Atlantic"; the sea voyage including typhus; escape to Crete; transfer to Cyprus; transfer to Haifa by the British Army; deportation to Mauritius by the British; volunteers for the Jewish Brigade; desertion from the Jewish Brigade; search for his family; discharge, January 1947. Aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.