Testimony of Moshe Saar (Simigran), born in Radziwillow, Poland in 1935, regarding his experiences in the Radziwillow and Brody ghettoes, escape from Brody ghetto, and hiding in the forest
Testimony of Moshe Saar (Simigran), born in Radziwillow, Poland in 1935, regarding his experiences in the Radziwillow and Brody ghettoes, escape from Brody ghetto, and hiding in the forest
Testimony
Testimony of Moshe Saar (Simigran), born in Radziwillow, Poland in 1935, regarding his experiences in the Radziwillow and Brody ghettoes, escape from Brody ghetto, and hiding in the forest
His family before the war; entry of the Russians in 1939; German conquest in June 1941; the yellow badge; hiding valuables by his father; liquidation of the Radziwillow ghetto in April 1942; the witness’s and his family’s experiences in the “productive” ghetto; starvation; his parents’ forced labor; liquidation of the “unproductive” ghetto in May 1942; the Judenrat; the Jewish police; escape from the ghetto before its liquidation in October 1942; hiding at a Ukrainian’s house in the town’s outskirts; search by the Germans; escape to the Brody ghetto a few weeks later; starvation; help from the Brody community; escape to the forests before liquidation of the Brody ghetto in May 1943; living in a bunker in the forest; his father’s forages into Radziwillow to get money from the hiding place; liberation by the Red Army in March 1944; return to Radziwillow; antisemitism; escape from the area; joining Aliya Beit; illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel in 1947; exile to Cyprus; return aliya to Israel in 1948; absorption; service in the Israeli air force as a fighter pilot.
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item Id
9710506
First Name
Moshe
Last Name
Saar
סימיגרן
Date of Birth
05/12/1935
Place of Birth
Radziwillow, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13718
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives