עדותו של פרידברג משה יליד Mejszagola 1907 ליטא על קורותיו בגטו Mejszagola, ב-Rzesza ובמסתור ב-Bolkuni

Testimony of Moyshe Fridberg, born in Mejszagola, Lithuania, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Mejszagola Ghetto, Rzesza and Bolkuni 

Testimony of Moyshe Fridberg, born in Mejszagola, Lithuania, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Mejszagola Ghetto, Rzesza and Bolkuni 

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Testimony of Moyshe Fridberg, born in Mejszagola, Lithuania, 1907, regarding his experiences in the Mejszagola Ghetto, Rzesza and Bolkuni Life before the war in Mejszagola; attends a Jewish elementary school. Soviet occupation, 1939; transfer to Lithuanian rule; Soviet occupation, 1940; German occupation, 26 June 1941; desecration of religious articles in the"Beit Midras" (religious study hall); establishment of a local Lithuanian authority under the leadership of Mayor Astikas and the Chief of Police Salkauskas; restrictions on the Jews including deportation to forced labor; arrest of Jews and murder of men; transfer of Jews to a prison in Vilna; murder of Jews in Ponary; includes a list of names of those who were murdered; establishment of a ghetto, 31 July 1941; ghetto life; abuse of Jews and rape of women by Lithuanians; forced contribution; looting of Jewish owned property; transfer of Jews from Rzesza, Podbrezie and the surrounding area at the estate in Wilianowa; receives information of the murder of the Jews on the 22-24 September 1941; escape of a few Jews from the killing pit; includes a list of names of perpetrators; hidden by the farmer Printkewicz; escape with his brother to Rzesza; camp life including digging peat; receives information about the burning of Jews alive in the Bezdany Camp, 09 July 1943; escape with his brother and other Jews, 09 July 1943; wanderings in forests; hidden in a farmer's home in Bolkuni; liberation by the Red Army, 10 July 1944.