Testimony of Asher Veltzer, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Marculesti, Yampol, Bershad and other places

Testimony of Asher Veltzer, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Marculesti, Yampol, Bershad and other places Life in Cernauti before the war; from a large family; Jewish education; attends a Romanian school; demonstrations against the Jews, 1933. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation, 1940; nationalization of factories and businesses; work in a factory; German occupation; air-raids on Cernauti, 1941; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge; murder of Jews by Romanians; information about the murder of Jews; meets refugees from Poland; meets Anders Army soldiers; displays of antisemitism; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; ghetto life including rumors about deportation to Transnistria; deportation to Marculesti by train; life in Marculesti including living in abandoned houses; being guarded by Romanian gendarmes; robbery of valuables and jewelry; transfer to Yampol on foot; life in Yampol including mortality of Jews; transfer to Bershad; escape from the convoy; his father's death from typhus; survival with his family; exchanging clothing and valuables for food; deportation to forced labor; transfer to Balta on foot; life in Balta including labor constructing roads; transfer to Steinberg; life in Steinberg including murder of Jews; abuse of Jews; transfer to Varvarovka; life in Varvarovka including paving roads; transfer to Balta; life in Balta including meeting his family; liberation by the Red Army, 1945. Return to Romania; aliya to Israel, 1951.