Joseph Shprung

Testimony of Joseph Shprung, born in Ulanow, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences as a child in Siberia and Tobolsk Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; move of his father to the Soviet occupied area, 1940; detention of his father on suspicion of being a spy for the Germans; illegally crosses the border with his mother; activities to release his father; release of his father; exile of the family to Siberia; life in Siberia and labor of his father logging trees in the forests; transfer to Tobolsk; detention of his parents, 1942; life in an orphanage until 1944; release of his parents; move of the family to Tyumen; life in Tyumen and labor of his father on a farm. Move to Stettin, 1946; move to Wroclaw; education; aliya to Israel with his parents, 1950.