Testimony of Hana (Cohen) Chacham Horesh, born in Galati, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Galati, the Cernauti Ghetto, Yampol and the Bershad Ghetto

Testimony of Hana (Cohen) Chacham Horesh, born in Galati, Romania, 1927, regarding her experiences in Galati, the Cernauti Ghetto, Yampol and the Bershad Ghetto Life in Galati. Attempt to illegally cross the border into the Soviet occupied zone, 1940; escape to Cernauti with her family; life in Cernauti including deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto, 1941; life in Yampol; transfer on foot to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer on foot to Marculesti; transfer on foot to the Bershad Ghetto including a robbery attempt by Ukrainians; Bershad Ghetto life; capture of her father outside the borders of the ghetto; deportation of her father to a camp in Nikolayevka; barter trade; receives help from the community's cantor; youth join the partisans; liberation by the Red Army; draft of men into the Red Army. Return to Cernauti; life in Cernauti including marriage; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Pan York" ship; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1949.