Testimony of Shmul Brovtman, born in Slavuta, Ukraine, 1919, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier, a German POW and in Heddernheim

Testimony of Shmul Brovtman, born in Slavuta, Ukraine, 1919, regarding his experiences as a Red Army soldier, a German POW and in Heddernheim Life before the war. Drafted into the Red Army, 1939; life as a Red Army soldier including combat against the German Army; wounded and taken captive by the German Army; transfer to a POW camp; escape to a village in the area; deportation to Heddernheim, autumn 1942; camp life; liberation by the US Army, April 1945. Move to the Soviet Union, May 1945.