Testimony of Mona (Cardincioso) Scharf, born in 1934 in Iasi, Romania, regarding her experiences as a child in Iasi

Testimony of Mona (Cardincioso) Scharf, born in 1934 in Iasi, Romania, regarding her experiences as a child in Iasi Life before the war; the rise of anti-Semitism in the late 1930s; the father's affiliation with leftist movements; the family's failed escape attempt to Darabani in 1940; the removal of the family from the house on June 29, 1941; gathered together in the yard; release of women and children; the murder of the father and uncles in the "death train"; wearing a yellow badge; expulsion from the Romanian school; joining the Hashomer Hatzair movement in 1944; illegal aliya to Eretz Israel on the "Pan York" ship in 1947; repeat aliya to Israel in 1948; absorption at an agricultural school in Afula.