Testimony of Silla Zeitl (Ptasznik) Motiletz, born in Terespol, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Brzesc Nad Bugiem and Siberia

Testimony of Silla Zeitl (Ptasznik) Motiletz, born in Terespol, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Brzesc Nad Bugiem and Siberia German Army air-raids, September 1939; escape to Brzesc Nad Bugiem with her father and younger sister; closure of the border and loss of contact with her mother and brother; exile to Siberia; labor logging trees in forests for four years; shortage of food and clothing; her father freezes to death; transfer of her sister who was 7 years old to the school in the nearby village, and the disappearance of her sister; life alone; end of the war. Return to Poland; move to Germany; DP camp life in Bergen-Belsen.