Baranovichi diary
Handwritten notebook which belonged to a Jewish man from Baranavichy, dated 1941-1945. Records the wandering of the writer through Europe until his arrival in Palestine. Describes the author's impressions of outbreak of the war, the occupation of Baranavichy by the Germans, three roundups ("aktions") in the ghetto, the names of victims, fleeing to the forest, his journey to Italy and eventual arrival in Palestine. The last comment in the notebook is dated 17.11.1945, and it reads (in transliteration): "dukhgefarn [trip through]: Netanya, Kfar Saba, Kibutz Ramat Hakovesh, Ra'anana, Tel-Aviv oyf Yerushalayim."
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