Dvora Mendelev

Testimony of Dvora (Udler) Mendelev, born in Rowno, Poland, 1931, regarding her experiences in hiding in a forest and a Ukrainian female farmer's home Traditional well-to-do family; her father is a grain and lumber merchant. Displays of antisemitism from the Ukrainians, 1942; escape to forests and in hiding in a pit; life in hiding icluding the death of her mother; search for her father; life in a forest with her father and two brothers; hidden by a local female farmer; work as a nanny and shepherd; death of her father and brothers; escape to a family friend's home; liberation, February 1944. Return to Rowno; life in Rowno including reunion with her brother; life with her aunt; attends school; joins a Dror kibbutz, 1946; move to Rosenheim; move to Marseilles; aliya attempt onboard the ship "Exodus"; deportation to Germany; life on the boat; move to Paffendorf; move to Emden; aliya to Israel via Marseilles onboard the ship "Kedmah", Pesach 1948; joins Youth Aliya on Kibbutz Afek; marriage.