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Testimony of Efraim Leizer, born in Iasi, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences in Targu Jiu, Bucharest, Piatra Neamt, Braila and other places

Testimony
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Testimony of Efraim Leizer, born in Iasi, Romania, 1920, regarding his experiences in Targu Jiu, Bucharest, Piatra Neamt, Braila and other places Life before the war; move to Husi with his family. Life under Romanian fascist rule for two years; persecution and restrictions; deportation of Jewish men to forced labor; life in Targu Jiu; labor building a railroad line to Bucharest; labor paving roads in Cubei and a railroad line in Chust, Bessarabia and Piatra Neamt; transfer to Braila, summer 1943; life in Braila including labor paving a special road to Germany via the forests in the Balabanesti Tutova area; liberation, 16 May 1944. Return to Husi; life in Romania; aliya to Israel, 1960.
item Id
6579117
First Name
Efraim
Last Name
Leizer
Date of Birth
16/07/1920
Place of Birth
Iasi, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
24/06/07
Date of Creation - latest
24/06/07
Name of Submitter
Leizer Efraim
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection