Testimony of Tirza (Borkenfeld) Bargal, born in Lwow, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in Lwow, Sabinov and Eretz Israel

Testimony of Tirza (Borkenfeld) Bargal, born in Lwow, Poland, 1922, regarding her experiences in Lwow, Sabinov and Eretz Israel Her father's position as a physician and Zionist activist; her family's move to Sabinov, 1926; Zionist gatherings in her family's home; activities in Hashomer Hatzair; receipt of a family certificate [to make aliya to Eretz Israel], March 1938. Giving of the family certificate to a family deported from the Sudetenland; joins aliya training for youth in preparation for aliya; giving of an exit visa to England to her parents, August 1939; prevention of her parents' alighting onto the train to Bratislava; blockage of possibilities for escape; witness' aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Galilah" ship from the port of Trieste, October 1939; receives letters from home via Budapest; loss of contact with her family, 1941. Life in Israel on Kibbutz Sha'ar HaGolan.