Testimony of Sipora (Segal) Avny, born in Iasi, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Iasi

Testimony of Sipora (Segal) Avny, born in Iasi, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Iasi Financially secure traditional family; theatre lovers; her brother is disabled; displays of antisemitism, 1939. German occupation, 1941; escape to a shelter; capture of her father; death of her father in the deportation train; forced labor of her brother; liberation of Iasi by the Red Army, 1944. Joins aliya training in Romania; aliya attempt onboard the "Pan York"; detention in Cyprus; marriage and aliya to Israel, 1949.