Testimony of Shlomo Gales, born in Krakow, Poland, 1912, regarding his experiences in Krakow, Lwow, Murmansk, Omsk, the Polish Army and other places

Testimony of Shlomo Gales, born in Krakow, Poland, 1912, regarding his experiences in Krakow, Lwow, Murmansk, Omsk, the Polish Army and other places Religious family; death of his mother, 1919; ran away from home, 1926; work in a printing press; move to Berlin, 1936; life in Berlin including studies printing; speech of Joseph Goebbels in a square; return home. German occupation, 1939; life in Krakow including draft to forced labor; flogging and loss of sight in one eye; escape to Lwow, 1939; life in Lvov including trade in second hand clothes; meets his grandfather; volunteers to labor in the Soviet Union, summer 1940; deportation to Murmansk; camp life including labor logging trees and laying railroad tracks; transfer on foot to Omsk; camp life including labor in forests; Yom Kippur; transfer to Bukhara; life in Bukhara including typhus; transfer to Kzy Orda; life in Kzyl Orda including labor on a farm; draft into the Polish Army; army life including labor printing propaganda leaflets; transfer to Berlin; liberation, 10 May 1945. Return to Krakow; life in Krakow including marriage; move to Germany; aliya to Israel, 1948.