Testimony of Ruth (Templer) Stromer, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Brno, Slovakia, Italy and Israel

Testimony of Ruth (Templer) Stromer, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1926, regarding her experiences in Brno, Slovakia, Italy and Israel Her childhood in Brno in an established, traditional, modern family until 1938. Search for emigration possibilities; attends a Jewish school; activities in Bnei Akiva; Aryanization of the [family's] business; move of her father to Slovakia after her older brother's aliya to Eretz Israel, summer 1939; witness' move with her mother to Slovakia; move back home after the arrival of the certificate [to make aliya]; separation from her mother; move to Italy via Austria, late 1939; aliya to Eretz Israel; life in Eretz Israel including membership in a settlers' group that established Massuot Yitzhak. Israel's War of Independence; defeat of Gush Etzion; Jordanian captivity; re-establishment of Massuot Yitzhak; life on Massuot Yitzhak.