Testimony of Tsipora (Abraham) Israely, born in Barkasovo, 1928, regarding her experiences in Debrecen, Budapest, prison in Arad and a camp in Targu-Jiu

Testimony of Tsipora (Abraham) Israely, born in Barkasovo, 1928, regarding her experiences in Debrecen, Budapest, prison in Arad and a camp in Targu-Jiu Life before the war. Escape to Budapest; membership in Habonim youth movement; escape to Debrecen with forged documents; detention for investigation by the Hungarian police; escape to Romania; detention in a Arad prison and release; living with a Jewish family and an additional detention in prison; deportation to a political criminals' camp in Targu-Jiu; liberation by the Red Army, September 1944. Life with a Sephardi Jewish family in Targu-Jiu; move to Bucharest; living with a Jewish family; Habonim activities; aliya to Eretz Israel, October 1944; detention camp in Atlit; move to Kibbutz Beit Hashita; recruitment to a demolition unit of the Palmach; living in Kibbutz Givat Brenner; move to Kibbutz Tzuba, 1948; starting a family.