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Testimony of Meir Svirsky, born in Vilna, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in the Vilna Ghetto and in hiding

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Testimony of Meir Svirsky, born in Vilna, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in the Vilna Ghetto and in hiding Life before the war; attends a kindergarten; move to Lodz. Outbreak of the war; his father’s work as a soap supplier; return to Vilna; his uncle disguises himself as a priest; German occupation; deportation to the Vilna ghetto; ghetto life; deportation of his father to a labor camp; ghetto life including his mother's labor as a seamstress and the murder of his grandfather; life in hiding; approach of the Red Army to Vilna; liberation. Return home; meets a Red Army unit; move to...

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