Testimony of Miriam (Langer) Reiber, born in Sarny, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Sarny, an orphanage in Uzbekistan and in Stettin

Testimony of Miriam (Langer) Reiber, born in Sarny, Poland, 1932, regarding her experiences in Sarny, an orphanage in Uzbekistan and in Stettin Her childhood; placed in a Jewish orphanage in Sarny along with her sisters; life in Sarny including beatings, until summer 1941. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, June 1941; escape of the orphanage staff; announcement by the Soviets regarding the departure of a last train; move with the girls and her two sisters via Ukraine and the Soviet Union until arrival to Uzbekistan; life in a large orphanage established in a forest, including hunger, illness, typhus disease and the attitude of the Soviets; life in the orphanage until being found by her older sister and her brother. Move with her four siblings to Stettin; Hashomer Hatzair "kibbutz"; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel on the "Exodus" ship, 1947; life in Germany for approximately one year; aliya to Israel during the War of Independence, 1948; life on a kibbutz.