Testimony of Mordechai Markel Tabakman, born in Zabcze, Poland, 1907, regarding his experiences in Miedzyrzecz, Bydgoszcz, the Polish Army, Brzesc, Stalingrad and other places

Testimony of Mordechai Markel Tabakman, born in Zabcze, Poland, 1907, regarding his experiences in Miedzyrzecz, Bydgoszcz, the Polish Army, Brzesc, Stalingrad and other places His childhood in a traditional family; death of his mother; move of his family to Miedzyrzecz; learns in a Talmud Torah; Zionist activities; draft into the Polish Army; death of his father, 1933; release from the military; move to Bydgoszcz, 1936; antisemitism before the war; draft into the Polish Army Reserves. German Army occupation of Bydgoszcz, 1939; escape from captivity; move back to Bydgoszcz; escape to Brzesc; life in Brzesc under Soviet occupation; transfer to Komi, 1941; forced labor logging trees; release; move to Stalingrad, 1942; life in Stalingrad including labor in construction; move to Vijnita, 1944. Move back to Miedzyrzecz; joins the Bericha movement under the command of Stefan Grajek; move to Bucharest, 1945; crosses the border to Hungary; crosses the border to Austria; crosses the border to Italy with help form the Jewish Brigade; legal aliya to Eretz Israel, 1945; life in Israel.