Testimony of Shmuel Klein, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1934, regarding his experiences in Mogilev-Podolski, Atachi and Dzhurin
Only son in a liberal traditional liberal in Cernauti.
German occupation, July 1941; restrictions on the Jews; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; ghetto life; deportation to Transnistria, October 1941; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to Atachi; transfer to Dzhurin; life with his mother in a local hospital; labor of his father breaking rocks; death of his father, 15 Heshvan, October-November 1942; retreat of the Germans; liberation by the Red Army, March 1944.
Return to Cernauti; life in an orphanage; aliya attempt with the children in the orphanage; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.
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item Id
5345203
First Name
Shmuel
Last Name
Klein
Date of Birth
08/02/1934
Place of Birth
Cernauti, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives