Testimony of Bela (Zilbershlag) Shvartz, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1937, regarding her experiences as a young child in Gura Humorului, Transnistria and Shargorod

Testimony of Bela (Zilbershlag) Shvartz, born in Gura Humorului, Romania, 1937, regarding her experiences as a young child in Gura Humorului, Transnistria and Shargorod Death of the witness' mother; deportation to Transnistria; life in Transnistria including eating potato peels; life in the Shargorod Ghetto, 1942; escape to Gura Humorului by truck; end of the war. Move to Bucharest; life in Bucharest including attending classes in a monastery; illegally crosses the border to France after paying a bribe; move to Marseilles; ferried out to an illegal immigrant ship by fishing boat; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel; detention in Cyprus; detention camp life including Bnei Akiva activities; aliya to Israel, 1948.