Testimony of Yehoshua Sofer, born in Borszczow, 1919, regarding his experiences in Borszczow and hiding in forests

Testimony of Yehoshua Sofer, born in Borszczow, 1919, regarding his experiences in Borszczow and hiding in forests Traditional home. Occupation, summer 1941; forced labor; establishment of the Judenrat; three "Aktions" and liquidation of the ghetto during Shavuot, 1943; escape from the city to the forests; hiding in a bunker for a year; contact with Jewish partisans; help from local non-Jews in getting food and clothes; liberation by the Red Army, beginning 1944. Recruitment to the Polish Army; entering Majdanek camp as a soldier; wounded during battle near Gallowek, January 1945; recovery in a Polish hospital; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.