Yoel Volf

Testimony of Yoel Wolf, born in Krakow, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Krakow, Pradnik Bialy, the Krakow Ghetto and the underground, and Plaszow, Gross-Rosen and Reichenbach camps His extended, multi-generational family; learns mechanics in the Hebrew high school in Krakow; membership in the Hashomer Hadati youth movement. German occupation, 1939; deterioration of the economic situation; labor as a messenger for the Armia Krajowa, AK; deportation to Pradnik Bialy, 1941; transfer to the Krakow Ghetto, 1942; "Aktions"; agricultural labor in Skawina with his family; ZOB, Jewish underground activities in the ghetto using a false identity; transfer of money, distribution of announcements and move of children; deportation to Plaszow camp, March 1943; labor in artistic metalwork for the Germans; liquidation of the Jewish police; transfer to Gross-Rosen camp, 1944; labor moving rocks from one place to another; transfer to Reichenbach camp; labor in a military industry factory; last days of the war; liberation, 08 May 1945. Active in Aliya Bet in Czechoslovakia; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel; starts a family; rehabilitation.