Testimony of Itzhack Lehrer, born in Roman, Romania in 1926, regarding his experiences in Roman and in a camp in a forest

Testimony of Itzhack Lehrer, born in Roman, Romania in 1926, regarding his experiences in Roman and in a camp in a forest Life before the war; traditional family; his father was born in Germany; residence in a non-Jewish neighborhood; good relations with the non-Jews; Outbreak of the war; deportation to forced labor as a gardener in the municipality and forced labor at a sugar factory, 1942; transfer to labor, logging trees in a forest, 1943; life in a camp near the forest; attitude of the camp commander (a Russian spy); liberation, August 1944; Activities in the Gordonia movement; opening of a branch of the movement in Vaslui, December 1944; activities in the branch until February 1945; opening of a branch of the movement in Bucharest and in other places; escape to Yugoslavia, 1946; move to Italy with help from the Jewish Brigade; aliya to Eretz Israel with Aliyah Bet; he fights in the War of Independence.