Testimony of Yaakov Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Herta, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski, Romanca and other places

Testimony of Yaakov Bar, born in Herta, Romania, 1928, regarding his experiences in Herta, Atachi, Mogilev-Podolski, Romanca and other places Life in Herta before the war; education. Pogrom by the Romanians and Germans including desecration of Torah scrolls; murder of Jews and their burial in mass graves; concentration of Jews in the synagogue and a cellar under guard by Romanian gendarmes; murder of his grandmother; deportation to Transnistria; transfer to Atachi on foot; crossing the river on rafts and transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; scattering of the Jews in villages; transfer to Romanca with his family; life in Romanca including the deaths of Jews from the cold; transfer to Grabovez; life in Grabovez including mortality from starvation; mass burials of the dead; steals corn; typhus; transfer to Tulchin; life in Tulchin including forced labor; relations with the local Ukrainian population; liberation. Move to Mogilev-Podolski by train; move to Dorohoi; life in Dorohoi including disinfection of clothing and receiving clothes from the JDC; Dror-Habonim membership; aliya to Israel, 1951.