Testimony of Shmuel Evron, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Oswiecim, Vilna, Kobe and during his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941

Testimony of Shmuel Evron, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Oswiecim, Vilna, Kobe and during his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1941 His childhood in Chorzow; move to Oswiecim before September 1939. Outbreak of the war; decrees and forced labor; escape in the direction of the East; detention by the Soviets while crossing the border of the occupied area; release and stay in Lwow; smuggled over the Lithuanian border and travel to Vilna, January 1940; life under Soviet occupation, from July 1940; receives transit permits to Japan with the help of the Japanese Consul in Kaunas; travel to Vladivostok, Siberia and sets sail to Japan, January 1941; life in Kobe with help and support from the Joint and Jewish Agency; receives visas to Mandatory Palestine from the British Consul and sets sail, June 1941; aliya to Eretz Israel via Egypt and then by train from Suez to Haifa, August 1941.