Testimony of Haim Yakhilevich, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences on marches in Transnistria and Mogilev

Testimony of Haim Yakhilevich, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences on marches in Transnistria and Mogilev Life in Belz; move to Cernauti, 22 June 1941. Outbreak of the war; deportation with the rest of the Jews to Transnistria; march to Hotin; from there to Mogilev near Bershad, and back to Mogilev; rescue of the family by a Romanian officer in exchange for payment; return to Cernauti; life until the end of the war. Unsuccessful attempt to reach Bucharest; arrest by the Soviet authorities on the charge of espionage; collection of money by the Cernauti Jews to effect his release; help from the ultra-Orthodox; aliya to Israel, 1950.