עדותה של שפירא (רודניק) לאה ילידת 1911 Utena ליטא על קורותיה ב-Laukuva, ב-Silale ובגטו ובמסתור ב-Telsiai

Testimony of Lea (Rudnik) Szapira, born in Utena, Lithuania, 1911, regarding her experiences in Laukuva, Silale, a ghetto and in hiding in Telsiai 

Testimony of Lea (Rudnik) Szapira, born in Utena, Lithuania, 1911, regarding her experiences in Laukuva, Silale, a ghetto and in hiding in Telsiai 

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Testimony of Lea (Rudnik) Szapira, born in Utena, Lithuania, 1911, regarding her experiences in Laukuva, Silale, a ghetto and in hiding in Telsiai Life before the war; attends a teachers college; move to Silale; life in Silale including work as a teacher in an elementary school; marriage; visit of her husband and daughter to Laukuva. Outbreak of the war; German occupation, 24 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews, June 1941; looting of property; abuse of Jews by Lithuanians; murder of men, June 1941; transfer with the women to a"Beit Midras" (religious study hall); deportation with women and children to Girulai, an agricultural farm; life on the farm with Jewish women from various areas; receives information about the murder of the men; transfer to Silale with the help of the Police Commissioner; receives information from a policeman in exchange for goods that were promised to him upon their sale; receives information from the Police Commissioner about the murder of men in Silale; receives information about the murder of women and children in the Tubiniai forest; includes a list of names of Lithuanian collaborators; life in the Telsiai Ghetto; life outside the ghetto in the home of the Lithuanian family Laurinaite; murder of women in the ghetto; December 1941; life hidden in the home of a Lithuanian family; preparation of hiding places by the father of the house; correspondence with Jews in the Siauliai Ghetto; receives information about an"Aktio" against Jews in the Siauliai Ghetto; escape of women from Siauliai to in hiding; life in hiding with four Jewish women; a German officer lives on the bottom floor; liberation, 08 October 1944. Visit to Silale and Laukuva.