Testimony of Miryam Tatyana Aflalo née Malinovski, born in 1937 in Lucky, Czechoslovakia, about her experiences as a girl in Bratislava, aboard the Pentcho, on Kamila Nisi island, in Rosi, and in the Terramonti di Tarsia camp

Testimony of Miryam Tatyana Aflalo née Malinovski, born in 1937 in Lucky, Czechoslovakia, about her experiences as a girl in Bratislava, aboard the Pentcho, on Kamila Nisi island, in Rosi, and in the Terramonti di Tarsia camp Moving with her family to Bratislava shortly after birth; deportation to the Hungarian border; forced back to Slovakia by the Hungarians in September 1938; father immigrates to Eretz Isarel; escape with her mother from Bratislava aboard the Pentcho (originally a coal-fired riverboat) in May 1940; Romanians delay the vessel for several months; aid from the local Jewish community; the crew of the vessel, aided by Yugoslavians, insist on sending two support ships on either side of the Pentcho; the Pencho strikes a shoal near Kamili Nisi island in the Aegean Sea; the passengers survive on the island for ten days; aid from an Italian vessel in transferring the Pentcho passengers to Rodi in October 1940; life in a tent encampment there; survivors delivered to Ferramonti di Taris with Italian assistance; life in the camp; the Pentcho passengers maintain well-developed community life; Allied bombardments and mother and daughter flee to the mountains with locals' assistance; encountering Jewish Brigade soldiers in May 1944; setting sail from Ferramonti di Tarsia to Alexandria on June 5, 1945; travel by rail to Atlit; reuniting with father