Testimony of Shneur Angler Alger, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944

Testimony of Shneur Angler Alger, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in the Cernauti Ghetto and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Life in Cernauti before the war; from a well-to-do Zionist family. Soviet occupation, June 1940; persecution of well-to-do Jews; deportation of his uncle's family to Siberia; German-Romanian occupation, June 1941; murder of respected members of the Jewish community including the Chief Rabbi; deportation with Jewish neighbors to a military cellar; brutality of the Romanian soldiers; release and return to the family home; murder of Jews; burning of synagogues; deportation of his father to forced labor cleaning streets; curfew imposed on the Jews; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto, October 1941; ghetto life; deportations to Transnistria; opening of the ghetto and the family's return to their home; yellow badge; travel restrictions; improvised classes in private homes; ritual slaughter in secret; selling jewelry in exchange for food; payment of a bribe to Romanians and rescue from deportation to Transnistria, summer 1942; his aunt obtains permits for the family to remain in Cernauti; secret prayer services; escape, March 1944. Escape to Constanta; aliya to Eretz Israel, 04 April 1944.