Testimony of Leon Sendler, born in Salant, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and escaping to the forests

Testimony of Leon Sendler, born in Salant, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and escaping to the forests His childhood in a poor home; his father is a peddler; studies in a "heder" and an elementary school; his father's death; transfer to Kaunas to work; the entry of Lithuanians under false pretext into their home; attempt to shoot them; saved by the Lithuania landlord; deportation of the Jews to the Kaunas Ghetto, 1941; ghetto life; forced labor in an airport; murdering of Jews by Lithuanians; his marriage on Lag B'Omer, 1942; the behavior of the Judenrat people; harassment by a Jewish policeman; saved by a Jewish policeman; joining a disinfection squad; deportation to the Kaisiadorys camp, 1942; deportation to the Kazlu Ruda camp, 1943; the liquidation of the ghetto, 1944; escape to the forests; searching for food; hidden by a non-Jew; return to the forests; liberation. Return to Kovno; aliya to Israel, 1973; absorption.