Testimony of Marko Ziso Solomon, born in Bacau, Romania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bacau, Targu Jiu, Vapniarca and Grossulovo

Testimony of Marko (-----) Solomon, born in Bacau, Romania, 1919, regarding his experiences in Bacau, Targu Jiu, Vapniarca and Grossulovo Life before the war; education; draft into the Romanian Army, 1939. Expulsion of Jews from the Romanian Army, 1940; detention by Siguranta men; decrees, 1941; another detention and deportation to Targu Jiu, 20 July 1941; camp life including labor laying railroad tracks; release and return home, December 1941; labor clearing snow from streets and logging trees; deportation to Vapniarca; camp life including help from the camp commander and labor in coal mines; injury to his legs due to a polio epidemic, December 1942; hosptial treatment; deportation to Grossulovo; camp life including labor in a tobacco storeroom; liberation by the Red Army, February 1944. Move to Tiraspol; return home; arrest; deportation to Moinesti; release, 23 July 1944; aliya to Israel, 1973.