Testimony of Adam Avraham Asatanovitz, born in Ostrowiec, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Ostrowiec, Przemysl, Lwow, Saratov and other places

Testimony of Adam Avraham Asatanovitz, born in Ostrowiec, Poland, 1919, regarding his experiences in Ostrowiec, Przemysl, Lwow, Saratov and other places His childhood in a religious-Zionist family, including attending a Polish school. Outbreak of the war, 1939; German Army occupation of Ostrowiec; life under German occupation, for approximately two months; offer by a friend to join his family during their escape in a vehicle, late October 1939; arrival to Przemysl; arrival to Lwow; life during rental in the home of a local Jewish family; registration on the list of people interested to return to Poland; sudden deportation by train to a camp in the Soviet Union, before Pesach [April], 1940; labor logging trees, for approximately one month; obtains a permit for easier labor in the camp; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 1941; release from the camp, summer 1941; move to Saratov with a friend; life in Saratov until 1942; enlists in the Anders Army; transfer to Central Asia; desertion due to antisemitism. Move back to Poland, late 1945; reunion with his mother and sister; life in western Poland until 1957; aliya to Israel with his family.