Testimony of Shoshana (Ehrlich) Gelkopf, born in Wieruszow, Poland, 1936, regarding her experiences in Ukraine, Siberia, kolkhozes in Kirghizstan and in Frunze

Testimony of Shoshana (Ehrlich) Gelkopf, born in Wieruszow, Poland, 1936, regarding her experiences in Ukraine, Siberia, kolkhozes in Kirghizstan and in Frunze Childhood. Escape from Poland to Ukraine, 1939; refusal of her parents to accept Soviet citizenship; exile to Siberia, 1940; life in a camp of shacks on the plains of Siberia; permission to leave Siberia; trip to Kirghizstan, 1942; work in kolkhozes; escape of the family to Frunze; selling of matches in the local market to help the family; hunger and crowding. Return to Lodz, Poland; move to Wroclaw (Breslau); crossing the border into Czechoslovakia after the pogrom in Kielce; move to Austria and Germany; life in DP camps; aliya to Israel, 1949.