Testimony of Gershon Spiewak, born in Brzesc Kujawski, Poland, 1913, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, Vilna, Glebokie, Siberia, as a soldier in Anders Army and other places

Testimony of Gershon Spiewak, born in Brzesc Kujawski, Poland, 1913, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, Vilna, Glebokie, Siberia, as a soldier in Anders Army and other places From a large family; death of his father; livelihood of the family fell on his mother; Gordonia youth leader; drafted into the Polish Army, 1935; military service for two years. German occupation, 01 September 1939; expulsion from their home; draft of the men to forced labor; destruction of the synagaogue; escape with one brother to Warsaw with his mother's encouragement; escape via Vilna to Glebokie; capture after being informed on, 1943; detention in prison; deportation to Siberia, winter 1943; life in Siberia including forced labor; hospitalization by Dr. Pfeffer; discovery of plans to organize Ander's Army; acceptance into Anders Army; transfer via the Caspian Sea to Iraq, Jordan and Eretz Israel; transfer to Africa and Britain; displays of antisemitism from the Polish officers; turns to a few British Parliament members with a request to be released from the Polish Army due to antisemitism; requests to volunteer for the British Army; transfer to a British paratrooper unit. Release, 1947; life in Manchester; starts a business; starts a family; aliya to Israel, 1982.