Testimony of David Solomon, born in Roman, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in Roman

Testimony of David Solomon, born in Roman, Romania, 1933, regarding his experiences in Roman From an ultra-Orthodox family of Chabad hasidim; life before the war. German occupation; murder of his father by German soldiers; draft of his brothers to labor battalions; help from a German Army officer; Soviet occupation; assembly of orphans by members of the Gordonia movement; placed in the Victoria orphanage in Bucharest; help from Agudat Israel people. Departs for Eretz Israel via Yugoslavia, 1946; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel from Trieste on the ship, "Haganah", 1946; capture of the ship by the British; hunger strike in Haifa; detention in Atlit.