Testimony of Anita (Orlova) Shutaya, born in Peshchanitsa, Ukraine, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Peshchanitsa Ghetto, Bershad Ghetto, im hiding and in the Bessarabia area

Testimony of Anita (Orlova) Shutaya, born in Peshchanitsa, Ukraine, 1924, regarding her experiences in the Peshchanitsa Ghetto, Bershad Ghetto, im hiding and in the Bessarabia area Life before the war; from a family with hardships; her siblings' deaths from starvation. Romanian occupation, 1941; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge; deportation to the Peshchanitsa Ghetto; ghetto life including help from Ukrainians from Obodovka; theft of property; burning of the Peshchanitsa Ghetto by Romanian soldiers; transfer to the Bershad Ghetto; ghetto life; transfer to forced labor; sexual abuse by the Romanians; burning of the ghetto and damage to her hearing; escape, January 1942; capture and being drafted to forced labor; partisan activity in the area including the deaths of policemen, January 1942; finds a hiding place on a roof; escape to the Bessarabia area; liberation, 1944. Return to Peshchanitsa; aliya to Israel, 1990.