Testimony of Josef Zamostianu, born in Saveni, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Saveni, Dorohoi, Nazareni, an orphanage and more

Testimony of Josef Zamostianu, born in Saveni, Romania, 1931, regarding his experiences in Saveni, Dorohoi, Nazareni, an orphanage and more Childhood in a Zionist, traditional home. Anti-Jewish decrees including yellow badge, 1940; transfer of men from Saveni to labor; concentration of the women and children in a camp; return home at the end of the day, 1940 [?]; transfer to Dorohoi on foot, 1941; life with relatives; transfer to Atachi by train; crossing the Dniester River towards Mogilev; life in a barn; harrassment by Ukrainians; transfer on foot through the villages in the area; transfer back to Nazareni; typhus; escape in order to meet with his father; capture by a Romanian soldier; transfer to Skazinet; escape from the camp; transfer back to Nazareni; flogging of his mother as punishment; transfer to Mogilev; life in an orphanage; transfer back to Dorohoi, 1944; meeting with his father; return to Saveni; German Army retreat; liberation by the Red Army. Life after the war; unsuccessful aliya attempt to Eretz Israel with a group of children and youth on the ship, "Pan York", from Burgas port, December 1947; detention in winter camp Number 64 in Cyprus; meeting with aliya emissaries; aliya to Israel through Youth Aliyah, 1948.