Testimony of Fania Skliar, born in Omsk, USSR, 1927, regarding her experiences in Kislovodsk and in hiding

Testimony of Fania Skliar, born in Omsk, USSR, 1927, regarding her experiences in Kislovodsk and in hiding Life in Kislovodsk before the war; her father's arrest by the NKVD; looting by Tartar groups. German occupation; in hiding during the murder of Jews at the foot of Mount Kolco, 09 September 1942; life with her family while being hidden by their Russian housemaid; move to being hidden by the grandmother of Aikas Akapian, an Armenian policeman; Akapian's help to her family and other Jews; liberation, early January 1943. Activities in the movement for aliya to Israel, early 1970s; murder of her brother-in-law after submitting a request to make aliya to Israel; aliya to Israel, 1973.