Testimony of Benyamin Feld, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, the Soviet Union, Luga, Peshma and in Ukraine and Israel

Testimony of Benyamin Feld, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1935, regarding his experiences in Warsaw, the Soviet Union, Luga, Peshma and in Ukraine and Israel His childhood in a secular family. Outbreak of the war, 1939; shelling; escape to the Praga quarter; draft of his father to labor constructing camps; escape of his father to the Soviet Union with friends; women and children join the place [where the witness' father escaped]; group crosses the Bug [River] with help from border smugglers; group of women and children meets the men in Baranowicze; life in a synagogue for several weeks; move to Ural; life in a camp of huts for tree loggers, including experiencing hunger and cold, for one year; move to Tuga [should be: Luga]; life in Tuga [should be: Luga] including receiving food, clothing and education for the children; move to Peshma; draft of his father into the Red Army; death of his younger brother due to dysentery; receives news about the murder of Jews; receives news about the Soviet victories; move to a kolkhoz in Ukraine; life in the kolkhoz including attending school. Coordination of the return to Poland by an organization of Polish patriots; move to Silesia; life in Silesia including receiving a place to live and attend school; unsuccessful attempts to be active in Zionist frameworks; aliya to Israel due to the increase in antisemitism, 1957; life in Israel.