Testimony of Mihael Moishe Kurtzman, born in Derazhnya, Ukraine, 1932, regarding his experiences in Derazhnya, the Derazhnya Ghetto, in hiding and in Israel

Testimony of Mihael Moishe Kurtzman, born in Derazhnya, Ukraine, 1932, regarding his experiences in Derazhnya, the Derazhnya Ghetto, in hiding and in Israel His childhood in a poor, religious family. German Army occupation of Derazhnya, September 1941; establishment of the Derazhnya Ghetto in the course of two weeks; deportation to the Derazhnya Ghetto; Derazhnya Ghetto life including forced labor, the liquidation of the ghetto and executions, late 1941; escape from the killing site near Derazhnya; wanderings for several months; in hiding while hidden by Ukrainian farmers until spring, 1944. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1990.