Testimony of Berl Shur, born in Krakow, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Krakow, Vilna, escape to Kobe in 1941, New Zealand and other places

Testimony of Berl Shur, born in Krakow, Poland, 1927, regarding his experiences in Krakow, Vilna, escape to Kobe in 1941, New Zealand and other places Life before the war. Well-to-do religious family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; escape with his sister and her husband and additional family members on a bus; his parents remain and they continue their lives their due to their Turkish citizenship, 1943; his parents help Jews; escape to Vilna; life in Vilna; learns at school and at home; his brother-in-law obtains visas to Japan in Kaunas; escape, spring 1941; escape on the Trans-Siberian train to Moscow and Vladivostok; escape on a Japanese ship to Kobe. Life in Kobe with the help of the JDC; immigration with a small group to New Zealand; aliya to Israel, 1955.