Testimony of Norbert Weinstein, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and his deportation to Transnistria

Testimony of Norbert Weinstein, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1929, regarding his experiences in the Cernauti Ghetto and his deportation to Transnistria His childhood in a traditional family with an orientation toward German culture; rise in nationalism and the weakening of personal security. German occupation of Poland, 1939; refugees from Poland; confiscation of valuables; Soviet occupation, 22 June 1940; Soviet education; German and Romanian occupation, and the Soviets flee, 1941; decrees and bans; deportation to the Cernauti Ghetto; Cernauti Ghetto life including overcrowding; preparations for his bar-mitzvah, done secretly; deportation to Transnistria; transfer on a freight train until Atachi, in autumn; robbery of their valuables; transfer to Mogilev and then to Bershad or Skazinets (the witness does not remember exactly); escape back to Mogilev; deterioration in the food conditions; barter trade using clothing and jewelry; hunger; terrible sanitary conditions; approach of the front, and liberation by the Red Army, spring 1944. Return to Cernauti; move to Bucharest; aliya to Israel, 1950; absorption and rehabilitation.