Testimony of David Shofel, born in Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences in Tomaszow Lubelski, forests, Rawa Ruska, Chusovoy and other places

Testimony of David Shofel, born in Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland, 1932, regarding his experiences in Tomaszow Lubelski, forests, Rawa Ruska, Chusovoy and other places His childhood in a traditional home. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; escape to a village; return, after several days; German Army occupation of Tomaszow Lubelski; entry of the Red Army into Tomaszow Lubelski; retreat of the Red Army; return of the German Army to Tomaszow Lubelski, October 1939; transfer of the Tomaszow Lubelski Jews to a forest, November 1939; illegally crosses the border into the Soviet Union, December 1939; attempt to return to Tomaszow Lubelski; detention by the Germans; transfer back to a forest; illegally crosses the border into the Soviet Union, December 1939; capture by Soviet soldiers; release; move to Rawa Ruska; his family's move to Sosnovy Bor, early 1940; his parent's labor in an iron foundry factory; occupation [of Sosnovy Bor?] by the German Army; transfer in the direction of the East, summer 1941; move to Chusovoy; life in Ural for six months; move back to Sosnovy Bor, summer 1943; approach of the military front; move back to Chusovoy, summer 1943; draft of his father into the Polish Army. Move to Nigni Tagil, after the war; move back to Poland, 1946; life in Poland; aliya to Israel, 1950.