Testimony of Aliza (Ostrovski) Hamer, born in Briceni, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences in Briceni, Transnistria, the Vartijeni Ghetto, Lugovaya, Bershad and other places

Testimony of Aliza (Ostrovski) Hamer, born in Briceni, Romania, 1932, regarding her experiences in Briceni, Transnistria, the Vartijeni Ghetto, Lugovaya, Bershad and other places Red Army occupation of Briceni, 1940; German Army occupation of Briceni, 1941; deportation to Transnistria, 1941; transfer to Mogilev; transfer to the Vartijeni Ghetto, 1941; murder of her father; transfer back to Transnistria via Atachi and Mogilev, 1941; march to Bershad, that lasts for three months; death of family members due to typhus disease, 1941; Bershad Ghetto life; transfer to Lugovaya in the Bershad area, with her sisters; life with a Ukrainian farmer woman; rescue of a group of orphans, with help from the relief committee; move with the group of orphans to Balta, 1943; life with a female relative, due to the air-raids; move back to her aunt in Bershad, 1944; liberation by the Red Army, 1944. Move back to Briceni, 1944; reunion with a brother who survived; move to Cernauti using forged documents, 1945; Illegally crosses borders, [and travel] in the direction of Siret, Romania, 1945; life in an orphanage in Iasi, for approximately six weeks, 1946; move to Bucharest; move via Zagreb, with help from the JDC and Youth Aliyah; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1946; detention in Atlit; life in Israel.