Testimony of Shlomo Warnik, born in Ratne, Poland, 1918, regarding his experiences in Ratne, Luck, in German captivity and with the partisans in the Szack area
Jewish life in Ratne; attends a Tarbut school; Hechalutz Hatzair, Bund, Beitar and other youth movements and organizations; joins Hashomer Hatzair; move to Luck at the age of 16; his help to earn the family's livelihood; atmosphere before the war.
Draft into the Red Army and taken captive by the Germans; escape from captivity; deportation to forced labor; witness' escape to forests by his father's command, and his father gave him tefillin and a small pot; joins the partisans under the command of General Utrak Bujnow; knowledge regarding the murder of 120 Jews from Ratne, including his family members; combat in the Szack area; draft into the Red Army, August 1944; release from the Red Army.
Illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel via La Spezia; detention in Cyprus; aliya and rehabilitation.
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Shlomo
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Varnik
Warnik
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1918
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Ratne, Poland
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12219
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Hebrew
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives