Testimony of Israel Renert Ron, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1927, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria, Osiyevka, Bershad and Eretz Israel

Testimony of Israel Renert Ron, born in Cernauti, Romania, 1927, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, Transnistria, Osiyevka, Bershad and Eretz Israel Losing contact with his mother's family in Vienna, 1938. German occupation of Cernauti, 1941; deportation to Transnistria, October 1941; march lasting weeks including carrying his sister on his back; murder of his father by a soldier; death of family members from typhus; escape; adopted by a Ukrainian woman in Osiyevka; being informed on; transfer to an orphanage in Bershad; life in Bershad including fishing in the river and searching for food in the fields; return to Romania as part of the Transnistria orphans, 1944. Illegal aliya to Eretz Israel from the Constanta port; sinking of the ship, the "Mefkure"; arrival at Kfar Yehoshua, August 1944; life in Eretz Israel including military service as a career soldier.