Testimony of Samuel Pitaru, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski, Luchinets and other places

Testimony of Samuel Pitaru, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski, Luchinets and other places Family with hardships; life before the war. Soviet occupation, 1940; Romanian occupation, 1941; decrees; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; deportation with his family to Atachi, autumn 1941; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer on foot to Luchinets; transfer to Nemerche; life in an animal coup; death of his parents and brother; transfer with his little sister to their aunt's; transfer with a group of orphans to Romania, 1944; life in Romania and temporary work with Ukrainian farmers; capture and deportation to Trichati; camp life including labor building a bridge over the Bug River; transfer to Tulcin; camp life; transfer back to Mogilev-Podolski; liberation by the Red Army. Drafted within the Red Army to a Red Army labor camp; release; return to Cernauti, 1946; starts a family; life under Communism; aliya to Israel, 1991.