Testimony of Eugenia Jenya (Rabinovitz) Sartena, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1930, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, a children's home in Sarapul, in Siberia and Oro Ktura

Testimony of Eugenia Jenya (Rabinovitz) Sartena, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1930, regarding her experiences in Warsaw, a children's home in Sarapul, in Siberia and Oro Ktura Childhood, emigration to France and return to Poland. German occupation, September 1939; Soviet occupation; transfer of her family to a house on the outskirts of the city and definition as an unwanted element; Operation Barbarossa; deportation of her family to Siberia; life in the Sarapul children's home in Ural; transfer to Karakulino; lice, hepatitis; hunger; labor in the fields; search for her parents; unification of the family; move to her parents' home in Siberia; temporary Polish government; transfer to Oro Ktura in the Autaiski Krei area due to their Polish citizenry; her father's detention and his release, December, 1943. Return to Poland; joins Dror; preparations for aliya through the Bricha organization; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel via Marseilles on the ship, "Theodor Herzl", 1947; capture of the ship by the British; detention in Cyprus in the youth detention camp; counselors from Israel; aliya to Eretz Israel within the youth quota, December 1947; life in the Atlit detention camp.