Letter written by Yakov Zirnovski, born in Vilkomir, Lithuania, 1907, in Vilna, to his sister Batsheva in Eretz Israel, 25 January 1945, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto and his escape from the ghetto, in summer 1943
Work at the University in Vilna;
German occupation of Vilna; dismissal of Jews from their jobs; legislation of anti-Jewish laws; murder of Jews in Ponary under the guise of forced labor; rescue from deportation on account of his not being at home; in hiding in a friend's cellar; return to his home, early September 1941; deportation to the small ghetto, where there were 8,000 Jews...