Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Goldshtein) Viner, born in Dresden, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences in Dresden, the deportation of the family to Poland before the war, in Bialystok, Vilna and aliya to Eretz Israel, April 1940

Testimony of Shoshana Roza (Goldshtein) Viner, born in Dresden, Germany, 1924, regarding her experiences in Dresden, the deportation of the family to Poland before the war, in Bialystok, Vilna and aliya to Eretz Israel, April 1940 Childhood in Dresden; Nazi rise to power, January 1933; abuse of Jews on the streets; displays of antisemitism in the school; Bachad (Brit Halutzim Datiim) Zionist activities; expulsion from school, 1935; transfer to a Jewish school with lecturers dismissed from the universities as teachers; deportation of the family to Poland, 28 October 1938; transfer to relatives in Gorlice; receiving assistance from the local community; departure of the family and transfer to aliya training in the Bialystok area, after a few months; life in the Hashomer Hadati aliya training center. Outbreak of the war, September 1939; escape to Bialystok; receiving assistance from the community; Soviet occupation; illegal crossing of the border to Lithuania; arrival at Vilna; life in a Shomer Hadati kibbutz; receiving assistance from the community; departure from the city with Youth Aliyah, March 1940; aliya to Eretz Israel, April 1940.