Testimony of Shimon Vashitz, born in Lwow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in Lithuania, the Lwow Ghetto, using a false identity in Warsaw and in the Armia Krajowa (AK) underground using a Polish identity

Testimony of Shimon Vashitz, born in Lwow, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in Lithuania, the Lwow Ghetto, using a false identity in Warsaw and in the Armia Krajowa (AK) underground using a Polish identity Life before the war; family of merchants. Outbreak of the war; escape to Lithuania; escape back to Lwow; life in Lwow under the German occupation; his mother obtains identity documents for the witness; work in an Italian automobile factory; murder of Jews; deportation to the Lwow Ghetto; Lwow Ghetto life; establishment of Janowska camp; obtains a forged birth certificate and a forged baptism certificate; life along with his wife using a false identity; escape to Warsaw; joins the Armia Krajowa (AK) underground using a Polish identity; life in the underground as a courier and a forger of documents; escape to Lwow using forged German documents; life in Lwow including the smuggle of two groups of Jews to Warsaw using a forged identity; capture along with his wife; life in detention; escape; end of the war. Move to Germany; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Exodus" ship.