Testimony of Bracha Beatrice (Ausfresser) Cohen, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Mogilev-Podolski and Ozarintsy

Testimony of Bracha Beatrice (Ausfresser) Cohen, born in Bucharest, Romania, 1930, regarding her experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto, Mogilev-Podolski and Ozarintsy From a traditional Zionist family that is part of the Sephardi community in Bucharest; move to Cernauti, 1939. Soviet occupation, 1940; Communist education; nationalization of businesses; German occupation, 1941; yellow badge and restrictions on the Jews; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; deportation to Transnistria, October 1941; transfer to Mogilev-Podolski; transfer to Ozarintsy on foot; escape to Mogilev-Podolski; life in an orphanage including participation in a children's theater; liberation by the Red Army, March 1944. Move to Atachi; move to Bucharest; joins a Gordonia kibbutz; move to Italy; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the ship, "Kaf Gimel Yordey Hasira"; detention in Cyprus, aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947.