Testimony of Shlomo Solomon Brownstein, born in Vaslui, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Vaslui, Bacau and Tecuci

Testimony of Shlomo Solomon Brownstein, born in Vaslui, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Vaslui, Bacau and Tecuci From a well-to-do family; good relations with the neighbors; displays of antisemitism, 1939. Drafting of youth to forced labor, 1940; labor at snow removal from the roads in Bacau; deportation to Grinei Beton Doaga; building fortifications in Tecuci; supervision by the Todt Organization; behavior of the camp commandant; bribe in exchange for improved living conditions; liberation by the Red Army, August 1944. Return to Vaslui; joins Hanoar Hatzioni; education; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel via Bulgaria, 1946; detention in Cyprus for two years.