Motek Bursztein

Testimony of Mordechai Motek Bursztein, born in Wloclawek, Poland, 1920, regarding his experiences in Wloclawek, Bialystok, Brest Litowsk and Oktyabr Life before the war; Beitar activities. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; air-raid and burning of the family's home; German occupation; restrictions on the Jews including the yellow badge; draft of men to forced labor; ban to congregate in public places; murder of youths in a synagogue; escape to Bialystok; escape to Brest Litowsk; life in Brest Litowsk and capture by the Soviet police; deportation to Oktyabr; life in Oktyabr including forced labor; draft into Anders Army; end of the war. Return to Poland; aliya to Israel, 1949.