Testimony of Shraga Birman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Sarata and Baldovinesti

Testimony of Shraga Birman, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1923, regarding his experiences in Bucharest, Sarata and Baldovinesti From a traditional family; good relations with the Romanian neighbors; displays of antisemitism in the Romanian newspapers and rumors regarding what is happening in Europe from refugees from Poland; the Jewish men are taken for forced labor in a suburb next to Bucharest; work in a hospital and unloading cargo from trains; deportation to Sarata; camp life; transfer by cattle train for two days; mutual help among the camp inmates; forced labor and the humiliating attitude towards the Jewish inmates on the part of the Romanian soldiers; 25-lash flogging for lateness at the morning roll call; transfer to Baldovinesti near Bucharest; camp life including forced labor; escape from the camp on hearing rumors regarding the end of the war; liberation in Bucharest by the Red Army. Rehabiltation of his life; Dror activities; crosses the border into Hungary illegally and continues on to Italy; aliya to Israel on the ship, "Caserta", 1948.