Testimony of Haim Rog Levy, born in Aleksandrow, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Aleksandrow, Malkinia, the Ural region and his aliya to Eretz Israel while in service in the Anders Army, 1943

Testimony of Haim Rog Levy, born in Aleksandrow, Poland, 1921, regarding his experiences in Aleksandrow, Malkinia, the Ural region and his aliya to Eretz Israel while in service in the Anders Army, 1943 Life before the war; membership in the Beitar movement. German occupation, 1939; fear of being informed on by the Volksdeutsche neighbors; deportation by train to the Lublin area; witness jumps off the train; escape in the direction of the Soviet Union; life in Malkinia with many refugees; crosses the border with permission from the Soviets; move to Bialystok with his family; volunteers for labor in mines in the Ural region; transfer to a camp in the area; excels at labor in the mine; release from the camp; escape to Kharkov; escape to Saratow; life in Saratow; labor in factories and participates in military training; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; enlists in the Anders Army; aliya to Eretz Israel while in service in the Anders Army, 1943; life in Eretz Israel; consults with Menachem Begin regarding desertion from the Anders Army. Enlists in the IDF.