Testimony of Arie Lion Lindenbaum, born in Brzezany, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Brzezany Ghetto, in a village and in hiding

Testimony of Arie Lion Lindenbaum, born in Brzezany, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Brzezany Ghetto, in a village and in hiding Life before the war; his father is a factory manager; witness attends a Polish school. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; Soviet occupation; attends a Ukrainian school; German occupation, June 1941; anti-Jewish decrees; deportation to the Brzezany Ghetto; Brzezany Ghetto life; liquidation of the ghetto, 12 June 1943; life in hiding; escape to a village; life in hiding including the murder of Poles by Ukrainians; liberation by the Red Army. Repatriation [to Poland]; move to Krakow; move to Lodz; life in an institution for orphans in Selvino; illegal immigration attempt on the "Katriel Yaffe" ship, 1946; detention in Cyprus by the British authorities; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.