Testimony of Zvi Hershel Rozenfeld, born in Janow Lubelski, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Janow Lubelski, Jedrzejow, the Pilatka forest, in hiding in Godziszow using a false identity and in other places

Testimony of Zvi Hershel Rozenfeld, born in Janow Lubelski, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Janow Lubelski, Jedrzejow, the Pilatka forest, in hiding in Godziszow using a false identity and in other places Life before the war; religious family with many children; his father was a fish merchant. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; destruction of the family's home; escape to Jedrzejow with his family; life in Jedrzejow including transfer of his older brother to forced labor in a forest; "Aktion"; murder of his mother and grandmother, October 1942; escape to forests in the area; life in a forest including the murder of Jews by antisemitic Poles; manhunt in the forest by Germans, 1943; escape from the forest and the disappearance of his younger sisters; escape to a bunker in the Pilatka forest; life in the bunker including overcrowding; steals potatoes from villagers; receives help from villagers; murder of his older brother by antisemitic Poles; finds his brother's daughter near his corpse; move to a hiding place in the home of Poles; unsuccessful attempt to join the partisans; his brother freezes to death; escape to Godziszow, 1944; life in Godziszow including finding a hiding place in a flour mill; steals pigs' food; work as a shepherd using a non-Jewish false identity; liberation by the Red Army, August 1944. Return to Janow; escape due to displays of antisemitism; escape to Krasnik; life in Krasnik; Foehrenwald DP camp life; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel and detention in Cyprus, 1947; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.