Testimony of Ruth (Orenstein) Weiss, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1936, regarding her experiences in Mari Assr and Yoshkar Ola

Testimony of Ruth (Orenstein) Weiss, born in Zamosc, Poland, 1936, regarding her experiences in Mari ASSR and Yoshkar Ola German occupation; escape of her family to Lwow, 1939; exile of the family by the Soviet Army to a transfer point near Kazan; transfer to a town in Mari ASSR, 10 kilometers away [from Kazan]; life in Kazan; labor of her parents in forestry; transfer to Yoshkar Ola, June 1941; her father is drafted into the Red Army; her father is drafted into the Polish Army [in the Soviet Union], 1942; notification regarding death of his father; end of war. Move of witness and her mother to Krakow, 1945; life within the Jewish community; surprising return of her father; move to Gdansk to the home of her aunt who is living as a Christian woman; life in destroyed Gdansk using a false identity from fear of antisemitism; move to a DP camp in Berlin, Germany, 1946; move to the Bad Salzschlirf DP camp, joining Hashomer Hatzair; [meeting with] emissaries from Eretz Israel; Jewish studies; assistance from parents of [?] and her mother's brother in falsifying certificates for legal aliya to Eretz Israel; setting sail for Eretz Israel on the ship "Aptalia Panama" [?], 1947; aliya to Haifa, spring 1947; easy absorption.