Testimony of Samuel Shmuel Lederman, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Atachi, Tulchin and other places, and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944

Testimony of Samuel Shmuel Lederman, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1924, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Atachi, Tulchin and other places, and his aliya to Eretz Israel, 1944 Life in Cernauti before the war; religious family. Soviet occupation; nationalization of businesses; studies Russian in the school; retreat of the Soviets; burning by the Soviets of the bridge in Cernauti; German and Romanian occupation; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; Cernauti Ghetto life including wearing a yellow badge; deportation to Atachi; life in Atachi including robbery of valuables and personal documents; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to Ozarintsy; life in Ozarintsy including the death of his parents; witness helps to earn a livelihood for the family; kidnapping; transfer to Zhmerinka; camp life including labor in a forest; labor loading rocks onto railroad cars; escape back to his family in Ozarintsy; life in Ozarintsy including typhus illness; recuperation; transfer by gendarmes to Tulchin; camp life including labor mining peat; escape to villages in the area and brings food to the camp; transfer to Tiraspol; life in Tiraspol including labor sorting clothing; trade in valuables that were found in the clothing; transfer to Romania; aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Taurus" ship, 1944.