Testimony of Meyer Simcha Feldblum, born in Skiemonys, Lithuania, 1926, regarding his experiences in the Podbrodzie Ghetto and in hiding
His childhood; attends a Hebrew school and learns in a yeshiva.
Life under Soviet rule; outbreak of the war during a visit to relatives in Podbrodzie, 1941; Podbrodzie Ghetto life; liquidation of the ghetto, August 1941; hidden by Polish farmers; his uncle and aunt join them in hiding; good attitude by the people who hid them; escape to a forest, late 1942; help from Polish farmers; life in hiding with his uncle, aunt, two cousins and then another couple with a baby girl join them; move from one hiding place to another due to fear of exposure; life in a forest; purchase of food from farmers; liberation, summer 1944.
Return to Alunta; expulsion of the non-Jew living in their home; harassment by the Lithuanians; move to Vilna; joins a Poalei Agudat Israel "kibbutz" in Lodz, 1946; travel to France; travel to the United States, 1947; studies and life in the United States; aliya to Israel, 1985.
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4020771
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Meir
Meyer
Simcha
Simkha
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Feldblum
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1926
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Skiemonys, Lithuania
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Testimony
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12103
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives