Testimony of Avrahm Shemesh, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto, forests, with the partisans and in Babino

Testimony of Avrahm Shemesh, born in Ludwipol, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in the Ludwipol Ghetto, forests, with the partisans and in Babino From a Zionist family; witness' father owns a grocery store; attends a Tarbut school. Soviet occupation, 1939; German occupation; raid on his home and confiscation of property, 1941; establishment of the Ludwipol Ghetto; abuse of Jews; looting of Jewish property by the Ukrainians; forced labor with his brother paving roads; in hiding in the cellar of his grandfather's oil factory; liquidation of the Ludwipol Ghetto, 26 August 1942; attempted murder by a man named Korilo; murder of his mother; escape to forests; life in the forests; meeting with Myedvesov's partisans; in hiding; labor in a pasture in Babino; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Return home; sale of vodka to Soviets, 1945; move to Rowne; move to Lodz; setting up kibbutzim in Lodz; joins Hashomer Hatzair; move to Italy using a Greek identity; move to Austria; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Hatikvah"; detention in Cyprus, 1947; return to Israel; marriage.