Joint testimony of Yerahkmiel and Aharon (Shpirer) Shafrir, born in Presekareni, 1929 and 1931, regarding their experiences in Glybuklaja, Storozhinets, Czernowitz, Balta and Iasi

Joint testimony of Aharon and Yerahkmiel (Shpirer) Shafrir, born in Presekareni, 1929 and 1931, regarding their experiences in Glybokaya, Storozhinets, Czernowitz, Balta and Iasi Family before the war. Soviet occupation, 1939; return of the Romanians and murder of their father, 1940; escape to Glybokaya; life in hiding in an attic of a non-Jew; forced move Storozhinets; forced move to Czernowitz; deportation to Transnistria; deportation to Verhovca; death of relatives; concentration of orphans by the Red Cross and bringing them to Balta, 1943; deportation to Iasi; life and work in a bakery; liberation by the Red Army. Transfer to Odessa as Russian citizens to work in the mines; escape to Czernowitz; finding relatives; return to Iasi; preparations for aliya with Hashomer Hatzair; Aharon made aliya in 1946 and Yerahkmiel in 1947 via Cyprus; absorption.