Testimony of Rita Riva (Gershgorin) Kreizel, born in Calarasi, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Calarasi, Gulyayevka, in hiding and in Berezovka, Mostovoi and other places

Testimony of Rita Riva (Gershgorin) Kreizel, born in Calarasi, Romania, 1922, regarding her experiences in Calarasi, Gulyayevka, in hiding and in Berezovka, Mostovoi and other places Her childhood in a traditional family of merchants, including attending a Romanian elementary school and a Romanian high school. Red Army occupation of Calarasi, 1939; deportation of merchants and wealthy people to the Soviet Union; Romanian Army occupation of Calarasi, 1941; deportation on foot to Gulyayevka including people freezing to death; digging of a mass grave in Gulyayevka; mass murder; witness pretends to be dead; escape from the killing pit; in hiding while hidden by a Ukrainian woman; informed on; transfer to Berezovka; life in Mostovoi; help from the JDC; liberation. Life after the war; aliya training in Bucharest; move to a "kibbutz" in Baia-Mare; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Pan York" ship, 1947; detention in Cyprus; aliya to Israel, 1948.