Testimony of Gershon Wolocki, born in Vilna, Poland, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Hajducziszki and in hiding using a false identity in the Swir area

Testimony of Gershon Wolocki, born in Vilna, Poland, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Hajducziszki and in hiding using a false identity in the Swir area Life in Hajducziszki before the war. The German occupation; escape to a farm; escape to Swir; life in Swir; finding shelter in the home of a Lithuanian family; life in the area on the family's farm; church attendance; name change to Iurek; disguising of herself as a mute by his mother; finding a hiding place at the home of a different Lithuanian family by his mother; end of the war. Reunion with his mother and move to Swir; life in Swir; move to Warsaw; escape to Czechia; life in Czechia; receiving clothing and food from the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC); move to Austria; move to Italy; life in the Costa di Rovigo DP camp; aliya to Eretz Israel without his mother.