Testimony of Chaim Piekarz Ben Tzvi, born in Horodno, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rokitno, in the Red Army, using a false identity, in the German Army in Vitebsk, and in other places

Testimony of Chaim Piekarz Ben Tzvi, born in Horodno, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Rokitno, in the Red Army, using a false identity, in the German Army in Vitebsk, and in other places Life before the war; draft into the Red Army. Outbreak of the war; life in the Red Army including transfer to the front in Vitebsk, 1941; taken captive by the German Army; escape to Vidreja; life in Vidreja while using a false identity as a Polish tailor; betrayal to the Germans by a Russian; interrogation and release by the Germans; transfer to a unit to guard the railroad tracks; life in the unit including guarding against sabotage by the partisans; transfer to Vitebsk; life in the German headquarters in Vitebsk including work as a tailor for German officers; retreat of the German Army; transfer, for a vacation in Germany; return to his unit in the German Army, and taken captive by the Red Army; declares his being Jewish; help to the Red Army to identify SS men in groups of POWs. Reunion with his family; reunion with Jews from Rokitno; aliya to Israel, 1949.