Testimony of Reuven Roman Wachs, born in Krakow, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Krakow, Lwow, the Lwow Ghetto, Warsaw and other places

Testimony of Reuven Roman Wachs, born in Krakow, Poland, 1929, regarding his experiences in Krakow, Lwow, the Lwow Ghetto, Warsaw and other places His childhood in a well-to-do Bundist family in Krakow. His family's escape to a village near Warsaw, 31 August 1939; his family's escape to the East in the direction of Lwow with the Red Army occupation, October 1939; life in Lwow including displays of antisemitism by Poles and Ukrainians; German Army occupation of Lwow, 30 June 1941; Petliura events (riots against the Lwow Jews) for three days, August 1941 [should be: 25-27 July 1941]; arrival of relatives who survived; second "Aktion" in Lwow; rescue of his family due to his father's certificates as an essential worker; deportation to the Lwow Ghetto which was sealed, September 1942; establishment of a soap factory by his father inside the ghetto area; execution of Judenrat members by hanging; smuggled from the ghetto to the home of a Polish physician; smuggled to a forest after being informed on; move to a hiding place with help by a woman friend of his family, Viktoria Skaripis; obtains forged documents through his uncle's Polish friends; move to Warsaw, March 1943; life with the Wachashik family until September 1944; liberation by the Red Army, January 1945. Move back to Krakow; membership in Hashomer Hatzair; move to the first settlement in Silesia, 1946; ban on the activities of the Zionist movements in Poland; closure of the Hashomer Hatzair branches, 01 January 1950; aliya to Israel with help from the Israeli legation [?] in Poland, 1950; life in Israel.