Testimony of Amos Munik Joselewski Yaron, born in Swierzen Nowy, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Swierzen Nowy Ghetto, in combat with the partisans and in the Red Army

Testimony of Amos Munik Joselewski Yaron, born in Swierzen Nowy, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Swierzen Nowy Ghetto, in combat with the partisans and in the Red Army Life before the war. Taken to German captivity; return home; establishment of the Swierzen Nowy Ghetto, late November 1941; establishment of the Zionist-Hechalutz underground; ghetto is turned into a labor camp after the large "Aktion", November 1942; obtains weapons; training in the underground; escape to a forest, November 1943; joins a partisans unit; life with the partisans including participation in battles; partisans meet the Red Army; draft into the Red Army and participation in combat; wounded; hospitalization in military hospitals; end of the war. Release from the Red Army; enlists in the Soviet militia; repatriation to Poland, September 1945; joins Bericha activities in Poland and Germany; member of the Geulim "kibbutz" in Germany; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Tel Hai" ship; blockade at sea by British ships; detention camp life in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946; member of Kibbutz Kinneret; combat in the Palmach and Haganah; enlists in the IDF and participation in the War of Independence.