Testimony of Hanan Lifshitz, born in Izbica, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences during the war in various hiding places

Testimony of Hanan Lifshitz, born in Izbica, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences during the war in various hiding places The outbreak of war; occupation of the town on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, 1939; entry of German soldiers; taking Jewish men for snow removal work; curfew in the evenings; arrival of Jewish refugees from Germany; taking all the Jews from the town and burning their property by the Germans; escape with his brother and hiding; back to town; finding the town empty of Jews except for a few locals; arrival of Jewish refugees deported from other countries; deportation of all Jews in the town to an extermination camp, November 1942; hiding in a basement with a group of Jews; searches for food; seizure of Jews who hid and their murder; deportation of the brother to Majdanek; seizure of the witness and his escape; escape with two children from the town; rescued by a Polish farmer who hid them in a stable; moving to another town and hiding; hiding in a pit until June 1943; assistance from Polish woman in providing food; continued wandering and receiving help from the local population. Liberation by the Red Army, July 1944; move to Romania; aliya to Eretz Israel.