Testimony of Israel Bakalash, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Warsaw, Arkhangelsk, transfer to Teheran with Anders Army, aliya to Eretz Israel and more

Testimony of Israel Bakalash, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1933, regarding his experiences as a child in Warsaw, Arkhangelsk, transfer to Teheran with Anders Army, aliya to Eretz Israel and more Life before the war; from a traditional family. Air-raids on Warsaw by the German Army, 1939; finding a hiding place in a cemetery; German occupation; yellow badge; escape with his family to the Soviet Union; stopping at the barrier of the German Army by the Soviet border; deportation to Arkhangelsk by train; life in Arkhangelsk, receiving 100 grams of bread a day, escape to Turkmenistan; life in a kolkhoz in Turkmenistan; transfer to a monastery together with his brother; life in the monastery including religious coercion; transfer to Teheran with Anders Army; enduring air-raids en route, 1942; life in Teheran; assistance from the JDC; residence in a tent camp; being hosted during the religious holidays by Jewish families; separation between the Jewish and the non-Jewish children; transfer to Karachi together with other children with the help of the British Army, 1943; transfer to Alexandria. Aliya to Eretz Israel, move to Atlit; move to Kfar Chassidim, life in an ultra-Orthodox framework.