Testimony of Yitzhak Ignatz Bratt, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Zawiercie, Lwow, Voroshilovgrad, Uzbekistan, Iran and Afghanistan

Testimony of Yitzhak Ignatz Bratt, born in Zawiercie, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Zawiercie, Lwow, Voroshilovgrad, Uzbekistan, Iran and Afghanistan Life in Zawiercie before the war; traditional, Zionist family. Deportation with men to a factory, 1939; escape to Lwow; life in Lwow including labor in a coal mine; escape to Voroshilovgrad; life in Voroshilovgrad including work as a metal worker; German occupation, 1941; labor loading a factory onto railroad cars; escape with the train in the direction of the east; transfer to forced labor in Uzbekistan; life in Uzbekistan including labor in a crude oil factory; transfer to Iran; life in Iran including labor in a crude oil factory; transfer to Afghanistan; life in Afghanistan including labor in a crude oil factory; transfer by train to Szczecin, 1945; life in Szczecin; attack on a leader of an antisemitic group and prevention of a pogrom; escape to Bratislava with help from a Jewish Red Army officer; move to Calm. Life in a US Army camp; move to Bayreuth, 1946; life in Bayreuth; aliya to Israel, 1948.