Testimony of Shmuel Shmilek Maltzer, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Chrzanow, Lezajsk, Lwow, Siberia and other places

Testimony of Shmuel Shmilek Maltzer, born in Chrzanow, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Chrzanow, Lezajsk, Lwow, Siberia and other places Life before the war; receives a Hebrew education; Gordonia activities; life in aliya training. Outbreak of the war, 1939; direct shelling; escape to Krakow; the Poles block the way; escape to Lezajsk; life in Lezajsk; burning of the synagogue on the eve of Rosh Hashana; murder of Jews in the synagogue; escape to Chrzanow; life in Chrzanow; deportation to forced labor; receives a warning from an Austrian soldier on the murder of Jews during Christmas; escape to the Soviet Union; escape to Lwow; deportation to Siberia; life in Siberia; draft attempt to the Anders Army; escape to Tashkent; escape to Osh; life in Osh. Receives knowledge on the murder of Jews from Poland; marriage; return to Poland; life in Poland; pogroms against Jews; escape to Austria; receives a request regarding the administration of Salzburg DP camp; preparation for aliya to Eretz Israel; aliya to Israel, 1948.