Testimony of Tzvi Grisha Goldgamer, born in Suwalki, 1926, regarding his experiences in hiding in Knienicze and Serniki

Testimony of Tzvi Grisha Goldgamer, born in Suwalki, 1926, regarding his experiences in hiding in Knienicze and Serniki Religious family; attends a “heder” and the Jewish school; antisemitism. Entry of the Germans and immediate escape to Augustow, 1939; escape of his brother and a male cousin in the same direction; attends school; transfer to Slonim by the Russians; transfer to his uncle in Luck, 20 February 1941; transfer from the Luck Ghetto to hiding with another 17 Jews in a granary owned by a Czech Catholic family in Knienicze; move to a hiding place in Serniki; burning of Serniki by the Germans; return to the hiding place of the Czech Catholic family, winter 1944; liberation by the Red Army. Return to Luck; move to Bialystok; move to aliya training in Sosnowiec; move to Italy; detention in Cyprus for two years; aliya to Israel, 06 July 1948.