Testimony of Yechezkel Herstik, born in Aninoasa, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Lupeni, Nalacz, Sacel and Ilioara

Testimony of Yechezkel Herstik, born in Aninoasa, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Lupeni, Nalacz, Sacel and Ilioara His immediate family; move to Lupeni; way of life at home; education; the Jewish community and the synagogue. Iron Guard terrorist acts including confiscation of property and torture; draft of relatives to forced labor; deportation of his brother and uncle to Transnistria; his brother's Zionist movement activities after his escape from forced labor; deportation to the NaIacz camp; guarding of the camp by Romanian gendarmes; camp life including hunger; transfer to the Sacel camp on foot; religious life in the camps; secret visit in the camp by the witness' brother; capture of the brother; lice; transfer to the Ilioara camp; lighting Hanukkah candles en route to the camp; draft of men for forced labor; help to the Jews from the local residents; arrangement of cultural activities by the witness' father and finding things to do for the children; Romania's surrender to the Red Army, September 1944; liberation in Ilioara. Move to Arad; rehabilitation of his life after the war; joins Bnei Akiva; unsuccessful attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliya Bet on the ship, "Pan York"; detention in Cyprus; life in the Cyprus detention camp; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1948.