Testimony of Ilana Alin (Veizer Shitz) Iovel, born in Storojinet, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Chetvertinovka, Demidovka, Bershad and Balta

Testimony of Ilana Alin (Veizer Shitz) Iovel, born in Storojinet, Romania, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Chetvertinovka, Demidovka, Bershad and Balta From a traditional Zionist family; displays of antisemitism; move to Cernauti, 1939. Soviet occupation, 1940; German occupation, 1941; decrees including the yellow badge and deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; deportation to Chetvertinovka, 1942; camp life including typhus and dysentery; transfer to Demidovka, autumn 1942; escape to Bershad; camp life including education and a choir; escape to an orphanage in Balta; liberation by the Red Army, summer 1944. Return home; joins Gordonia's aliya training; aliya to Israel, 1950.