Testimony of Yaakov Golan, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Riga and the Red Army

Testimony of Yaakov Golan, born in Daugavpils, Latvia, 1923, regarding his experiences in Riga and the Red Army Death of his mother; move to Riga, 1929; attends a Hebrew school; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; displays of antisemitism. Annexation to the Soviet Union, 1940; German occupation, 03 July 1941; escape to the East; draft into the Red Army, late 1941; wounded, August 1942; hospitalization in Yaroslavl for six months; return to the front, summer 1943; wounded; transfer to the Belorussian front, summer 1944; end of the war. Release from the Red Army, 1946; disguises as a Polish civilian; move to Poland, Austria and Germany; joins the United Youth Pioneering movement; Haganah squad commander training course in Germany; aliya to Israel, July 1948.