Testimony of Raia (Shlafman) Teshel, born in Vartejeni Targ, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Kamenka, Kodyma and Zavadovka

Testimony of Raia (Shlafman) Teshel, born in Vartejeni Targ, Romania, 1928, regarding her experiences in Kamenka, Kodyma and Zavadovka Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; Soviet occupation; deportation of the rich Jews to Siberia; robbery of Jewish property and nationalization of Jewish businesses; escape to Ukraine, June 1941; drafting of her father into the Red Army; arrival in Kamenka; transfer to Kodyma; in hiding in a forest; meets German soldiers; hanging of her father with 14 Jews; transfer to Zavadovka; her mother's escape to Balta; typhus; forced labor; brutal meeting with Red Army soldiers; end of the war. Return to Romania; aliya to Israel, 1973.