Testimony of Henriette (Petel) Sternhell, born in Iasi, Romania, 1926

Testimony of Henriette (Petel) Sternhell, born in Iasi, Romania, 1926 Childhood in a religious Zionist family; rise of the fascist party and radicalization of the displays of anti-semitism, 1936, expulsion from the government school, 1940. German-Soviet war; air-raids on Iasi, summer 1941; assembly of all the Jews in Iasi in the police station courtyard; release of the women and children and taking of all the men, 29 June 1941; robbery of the property; [anti-Jewish] decrees and prohibitions; aid from the Jewish community; studies in a Talmud Torah; approach of the front; bombings; liberation by the Soviet Army, August 1944. Life after the war; aliya to Israel, 1970; absorption.