Testimony of Jacques Yaakov Shmuel regarding his escape from France to Spain, 1944 and aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944

Testimony of Jacques Yaakov Shmuel regarding his escape from France to Spain, 1944 and aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Escape across the Pyrenees from France to Spain, May 1944; travel by train from Toulouse, where the railroad station had been bombarded the night before, then by bus to St. Giron; the trip on foot; difficulty walking in the snow; shortage of food; problems keeping kosher; heavy fog; crossing streams and waterfalls; rolling down the slopes in the snow; extreme cold; shocking sights of the injured and sick; encounter with a German soldier accompanied by a dog that did not notice them. Death and injury of friends; entry to Montoeri on Lag Ba'Omer; reports to the police station in Alos; help from the Joint in lodging, food, and clothing; long stay in Sort; stay in Barcelona; trip to Cadiz; sailing on the ship, "Genie", 25 October, 1944, entry into Haifa, 4 November 1944.