Testimony of Ruth (Steinman) Halperin, born in Szumsk, Poland, 1921, regarding her experiences in the Szumsk Ghetto and in hiding with Soviet Ukrainians

Testimony of Ruth (Steinman) Halperin, born in Szumsk, Poland,1921, regarding her experiences in the Szumsk Ghetto and in hiding with Soviet Ukrainians Life in Azumsk before the war; attends a Tarbut school and a teachers college in Lvov; activities in Hechalutz Hatzair youth movement. Escape to Trembowla with the Soviet occupation, 1939, return to Szumsk with the outbreak of the war, 1941; arrival of Jewish refugees from Katowice; Nazi invasion; decrees and looting of valuables; establishment of the Szumsl Ghetto; life in the ghetto from 1941 until the summer 1942; labor for a German officer; evades the large "Aktion" in the summer 1942; in hiding together with members of her family and other Jews; discovery of the group; escape of the family and hidden by a Subbotnik family; wanderings from village to village; hidden by poor Soviet Ukrainians until the end of 1943; move to Rowne with the Soviet occupation, 1944. Life after the war; aliya to Eretz Israel.