Testimony of Saul Cernautianu, born in Burdujeni, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Burdujeni, Suceava, Mogilev-Podolski and in hiding

Testimony of Saul Cernautianu, born in Burdujeni, Romania, 1932, regarding his experiences as a child in Burdujeni, Suceava, Mogilev-Podolski and in hiding Life before the war; Zionist family; relations with the neighbors. Outbreak of the war; escape to Suceava due to displays of antisemitism; deportation to Transnistria, autumn 1941; crosses the Dniester River; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to a military camp with the Jews; escape from the camp in a truck; fear of a continuation of deportations and finds a hiding place behind a closet in a local home; escape to another military camp in the local area; escape to a hiding place in the home of smugglers; trade in newspapers in order to roll cigarettes; typhus illness; yellow badge; receives packages from family members in Romania; kidnapping of Jews to forced labor; evades forced labor by pretending to be ill with epilepsy; trade with Ukrainians; activities of the Jewish police; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Move to Botosani; life in Burgas; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Pan Crescent" ship with Youth Aliyah, 1947; detention in Cyprus; life in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948.