Testimony of Yakob Hecht, born in Krylow, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in Wlodzimierz, Asino, Bukhara, Poland and other places
Testimony of Yakob Hecht, born in Krylow, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in Wlodzimierz, Asino, Bukhara, Poland and other places
Testimony
Testimony of Yakob Hecht, born in Krylow, Poland, 1930, regarding his experiences in Wlodzimierz, Asino, Bukhara, Poland and other places
His childhood in a religious-Zionist family; learns in a "heder" and attends a Tarbut school.
Outbreak of the war, 1939; decision by his family to escape; move to Wlodzimierz; life in Wlodzimierz; deportation by the Soviets, May 1940; wanderings by train for approximately two months; arrival to Asino camp; camp life for several months; receives permission to move to the Ural area; wanderings in Central Asia; move to a kolkhoz in Uzbekistan; life in the kolkhoz including his family's work harvesting cotton; battle for Stalingrad including morbidity and the shortage of food; death of his brother, father and sister, spring 1942; stealing of food; dealing in trade; move to Bukhara.
Life in Bukhara including dealing in trade until 1946; move back to Poland; "kibbutz" of the general Zionists; move to Germany; aliya to Israel with his family, 1949; life in Israel.
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item Id
8056754
First Name
Yaakov
Yakob
Last Name
Hecht
Hekht
Date of Birth
05/08/1930
Place of Birth
Krylow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives