Testimony of Avraham Berman, born in Dabrowica, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Dabrowica Ghetto, in hiding and with the partisans

Testimony of Avraham Berman, born in Dabrowica, 1922, regarding his experiences in the Dabrowica Ghetto, in hiding and with the partisans Dabrowica's community between the two World Wars; growth of Dabrowica's institutions and branching out of the public life. Community's decline during Soviet rule; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; mass escape to the east; unsuccessful attempt of the witness to escape with his sister to the east and their return to Dabrowica; work with his father and uncle in his uncle's flour mill which continues its activity under German supervision and management; establishment of the Dabrowica Ghetto, May 1942; roll-calls in the market square; mass escape of the ghetto's Jews; liquidation of the ghetto, 26 August 1942; hidden with his uncle in a granary by a local farmer; suicide attempt with his uncle while in hiding; escape to a forest four months later; meets Russian partisans and joins a partisan brigade under the command of Reva; partisan activities in a combat section in the Unified Partisan brigade of General Saburov in the Polesie forests; wounded during the attack on Chrapun; participation in battles to liberate Dabrowica and Wysock; unification of the partisans with the Red Army in the Tomaszow-LubeIski forests, 1944; drafted to a special brigade established by the NKVD and combat in UPA. Repatriation to Poland; reunion with his sister in Lodz; joins Aliya Bet; sets sail on the "Enzo Sereni" ship to Eretz Israel, December 1945; enlists in the Haganah; drafted to the IDF's Navy in Israel's War of Independence.