Testimony of Lea (Kuperschmidt) Verbner, born in Dzikow, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Dzikow, Siberia, Samarkand, her aliya to Eretz Israel with the Teheran Children, 1943 and more

Testimony of Lea (Kuperschmidt) Verbner, born in Dzikow, Poland, 1933, regarding her experiences as a child in Dzikow, Siberia, Samarkand, her aliya to Eretz Israel with the Teheran Children, 1943 and more Life before the war; from a religious, Orthodox family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; deportation to Siberia with her family; life in Siberia; her parents' work logging trees; contracting various illnesses; observing Jewish holidays; holding prayer services; life alongside Soviet criminals; move to Samarkand; life in Samarkand; gathering of children in order to send them on aliya to Eretz Israel as part of the Teheran Children; joining the group; her father's death from typhus; visit from Henrietta Szold; activities with instructors from Eretz Israel. Aliya to Eretz Israel via Teheran, 1943.