Testimony of Esther Ettel Blomberg née Movshovitz, born in 1931 in Lida, Poland, about her experiences as a girl in the Lida ghetto and in hiding in a nearby village

Childhood in Lida; Soviet occupation ensues in 1939; German occupation ensues in June 1941; concealilng belongings with non-Jewish acquaintances; depotation to the ghetto; refugees arrive; activity of the Judenrat; hiding in a cellar during the first Aktion; smuggling food with help from non-Jewish acquaintances; placing baby sister with non-Jewish Poles; an Aktion in May 1942; going into hiding in a nearby village; attending church; overhearing antisemetic remarks; liberation by Red Army forces...