Testimony of Chaim Karol Ionas, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1922, regarding his experiences in a village in the Carpathian Mountains, Bucharest, Ploesti, Teisu and as a forced laborer in Brasov

Testimony of Chaim Karol Ionas, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1922, regarding his experiences in a village in the Carpathian Mountains, Bucharest, Ploesti, Teisu and as a forced laborer in Brasov Life in a village in the Carpathian Mountains before the war; attends a local school. Termination of his studies by the Romanians; studies in Bucharest; life in Ploesti with his parents; deportation to Teisu; camp life including work, July-December 1941; transfer to Brasov; life in Brasov including forced labor from January 1942; liberation, August 1944. Meets Red Army soldiers; Gordonia and Hashomer Hatzair activities; move to Burgas; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Pan York", as part of Aliya Bet; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948.