Artur Shmilovitz

Testimony of Artur Shmilovitz, born in Iasi, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in detention, forced labor and in hiding in Iasi Merchant family; attends a Romanian school and high school; draft of his father into the Romanian army, 1938; release of his father. Iaso Pogrom, 1941; detention with his father and uncle in the police station; release in exchange for a bribe; capture again; release without his father and uncle; murder of his father and uncle; in hiding in a house; draft to forced labor clearing rubbish; in hiding in a wine cellar; liberation by the Red Army. Joins aliya training of Hashomer Hatzair youth movement; aliya to Eretz Israel onboard the ship "Max Nordau", 1946.