Testimony of Sima (Birman) Kolka, born in Vilani, Latvia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Vilani, Riga, Siberia, Breslau and Israel

Testimony of Sima (Birman) Kolka, born in Vilani, Latvia, 1924, regarding her experiences in Vilani, Riga, Siberia, Breslau and Israel Her childhood in Vilani. Life in Vilani under Soviet occupation including closure of the school; learns sewing; burning of the Jews' homes by Latvians; escape to Riga; life in Riga including work in a cooperative; escape via Siberia; [move via] Ural to Kazakhstan; life in a kolkhoz; transfer to Siberia; life in Siberia; end of the war. Move to Novosibirsk; move to Riga; life after the war; move back to Breslau, 1958; aliya to Israel; life in Israel.