Testimony of Abram Gersztanski, born in Grajevo, Poland, 1910, regarding his experiences in a kolkhoz in the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kurgan-Tyuba
Life before the war; learns in a "heder" and a high school; studies Law at Vilna University; studies medicine in France; termination of studies due to economic difficulties; marriage, 1935; move to Tomaszow-Mazowiecki; move to Warsaw, 1938; term as general secretary of the Poalei Zion party in Warsaw; escape to Bialystok before the German occupation, 1939.
Unsuccessful aliya attempt via Lithuania; arrest with Mordecai Anielewicz at the border; release and transfer to a kolhoz in the Soviet Union; wanderings to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Move to Kurgan-Tyuba, 1941-1959; life in Kurgan-Tyuba including work as a financial manager, court judge and soccer umpire; reunion with his sister in Samarkand; return to Lodz; move to Warsaw; aliya to Israel with his family, 1960.
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4568610
First Name
Abram
Avraham
Last Name
Gershtanski
Gersztanski
Date of Birth
1910
Place of Birth
Grajevo, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives