Testimony of Avram Balus, born in Darabani, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Darabani, Targu Jiu, Logos, Dorohoi and other places

Testimony of Avram Balus, born in Darabani, Romania, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child in Darabani, Targu Jiu, Logos, Dorohoi and other places Life before the war; from a well-to-do traditional family; attends a local school and learns in a "heder". German occupation, summer 1941; expulsion from school; restrictions on Jews including travel restrictions; yellow badge; deportation to Targu Jiu, summer 1941; camp life including separation of men from women and children; separation from his father; transfer with the women and children to Logos; life in Logos including living quarters in a school under the protection of the Jewish community; transfer to Dorohoi; transfer to Ozarintsy; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to Tropovoye on foot; life in Tropovoye including living quarters in a catering hall. Return to Romania, 1944; life in Dorohoi including reunion with his father; aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1947; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Eretz Israel, March 1948.