Memoirs of Anna Kvasha Shamis, born in Pikov, Ukraine, regarding her experiences in hiding in Pikov, in Vishenka, and other places, and the experiences of her family in Pikov, Zhmerinka and other places

Memoirs of Anna Kvasha Shamis, born in Pikov, Ukraine, regarding her experiences in hiding in Pikov, in Vishenka, and other places, and the experiences of her family in Pikov, Zhmerinka and other places Evacuation of Jews from Vinnitsa at the start of the war; disease, July 1941; air-raids on Vinnitsa; German occupation; wearing yellow armbands; registration of Jews; transfer to forced labor; murder of her mother with the local Jews, 20 September 1941; escape to a village in the area, fall 1941; life in the village using an assumed identity with a Ukrainian family; escape back to Vinnitsa, December 1941; life in Vinnitsa for a few days and escape to her aunts in Pikov; life in Pikov; transfer of young people to forced labor in Kalinovka, early April 1942; life in hiding at the house of her neighbor, Goropay Mikhail, during the “Aktion”; murder of local Jews, 30 May 1942; life in hiding together with her cousin Manya in a storage unit at the house of her Aunt Sura during the “Aktion”; life in hiding for six weeks at Goropay’s after the “Aktion”; more murder of local Jews, July 1942; hiding with her cousin Manya at Goropay’s during the “Aktion”; escape to a nearby village; escape to Vishenka; life in Vishenka with a Ukrainian family; escape to Kustovtsy; life in hiding in Kustovtsy at the home of the Shporenko family; escape to the Goropay family in Pikov, spring 1943; life in hiding using an assumed identity in villages in the Vinnitsa District; escape back to Vinnitsa; escape to villages in the Vinnitsa District; life in Yanov with the family of Mokhtey Boguchuk, summer-fall 1943, until the liberation, March 1944 (pg. 42); Move to Khmelnik; Murder of the Pikov Jews in a ravine near the village, 30 May 1942. Information regarding the experiences of her family: Family life in Khmelnik before the war; The German occupation, 19 July 1941; yellow badge; registration of the Jews; transfer of Jews to forced labor; abuse of Jews; murder of local Jews near the village, 12 August 1941; establishment of the ghetto; additional murder of local Jews at a place in the forest five kilometers away, 8-16 January 1942; murder of Jews, 10 May 1942; murder of Jews, 12 June 1942; murder of Jews, 03 March 1943; attempted escape from the “Aktion”; escape of Jews from the ghetto, spring 1943; murder of Jews in the forest near the village, 26 June 1943; escape of Jews from the “Aktion”; escape of the Shamis family, relatives of Anna, to Zhmerinka, March 1943; registration of Jews in Zhmerinka,17 March 1943; murder of Jews after registration; liberation by the Red Army, 21 March 1943.