Testimony of Kalman Stromer, born in Lwow, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Lwow, Vilna, Kaunas, Israel and in Jordanian captivity

Testimony of Kalman Stromer, born in Lwow, Poland, 1922, regarding his experiences in Lwow, Vilna, Kaunas, Israel and in Jordanian captivity His childhood in a religious, Zionist family; life including activities in Bnei Akiva and attending Jewish schools, until 1939. Outbreak of the war, 1939; occupation of Lwow by the Soviet Army; move to Vilna with a small group; detention on the border of Lithuania; interrogation by the Soviets; arrival to a Hashomer Hadati "kibbutz" in Vilna, with support from the JDC, 01 January 1940; occupation of Vilna by the Soviet Army; labor logging trees; receives a certificate [to Eretz Israel], early 1941; move to Kaunas; move to Moscow by travel on an aircraft; travel by train [?]; move to Turkey by ship; aliya to Eretz Israel, March 1941; life in Eretz Israel in Kfar Hasidim; establishment of Massuot Yitzhak in Gush Etzion, 1945. Combat in Israel's War of Independence for approximately one month, until the defeat of Gush Etzion; taken captive by the Jordanians for approximately nine months; return from captivity; re-establishment of Massuot Yitzhak.