Testimony of Lea Lili (Hershtein) Barak, born in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Piestany and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940

Testimony of Lea Lili (Hershtein) Barak, born in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Piestany and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1940 Life before the war; from a religious family; life until 1939; participation in a summer camp, summer 1939; accepts an offer from Hashomer Hatzair to make aliya to Eretz Israel with a group of youth; move to Italy. Aliya to Eretz Israel, spring 1940; life in the Kfar Hanoar (youth village) in Ben Shemen.