Testimony of Joseph Geler Skolnik, born in Lipcani, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Lipcani, Hotin, Secureni, Atachi and other places

Testimony of Joseph Geler Skolnik, born in Lipcani, Romania, 1925, regarding his experiences in Lipcani, Hotin, Secureni, Atachi and other places From a religious traditional family; displays of antisemitism; Iron Guard party rise to power; move to Hotin, 1940. Deportation to Transnistria, 1941; wanderings among the villages; transfer to Secureni; transfer to Atachi, 1941; move to Mogilev-Podolskiy; transfer to Kopaygorod; transfer to Ivanovka; deportation to Zakisha; camp life including obtaining food; serving as a counselor for a group of youth, 1942; meets partisans, 1943; transfer to Zhmerinka; camp life including labor constructing a bridge, 1943; difficulties in earning a living. Return to Hotin, 1944; move to Zherebilovka, 1944; move to Bucharest, 1946; joins an aliya training farm in Iasi; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946.