עדותו של יוטן זכריה על קורותיו ב-Lukiszki, בגטו Vilna ובגטו Lida

Testimony of Zecharia Yuten regarding his experiences in Lukiszki, the Vilna Ghetto and the Lida Ghetto 

Testimony of Zecharia Yuten regarding his experiences in Lukiszki, the Vilna Ghetto and the Lida Ghetto 

Typewritten copy מקור וקסרוקס 25 pages/frames 

Testimony of Zecharia Yuten regarding his experiences in Lukiszki, the Vilna Ghetto and the Lida Ghetto Deportation of his family from Vilna to prison in Lukiszki; deportation of approximately 5,000 Jews to the prison in Lukiszki; registration of professionally skilled workers in the prison; transfer of professionally skilled workers to the Vilna Ghetto; the witness' term of office as a member of the Judenrat in the Vilna Ghetto; escape to Lida with other Jews, 01 November 1941; life in Lida including forced labor, abuse and murder of Jews; arrest of Judenrat members; arrest of Jewish policemen;"Aktio"; murder of the elderly and the sick; robbery of Jewish property; execution of 52 Jews, including three women, 08 March 1942; second"Aktio", 05 August 1942 [should be 08 May 1942]; selection; murder of approximately 5,000 Jews; stoning of Gestapo men by Jews beside the killing pit; wounding of Gestapo men; escape of Jews from the pit into the forests; move of the escapees back to the Lida Ghetto; approximately 1,500 Jews out of 7,600 remain after the"Aktio" in Lida; escape of Jews from Zoludek into the forests; escape of Jews from Szczucin into the forests; escape of Jews from Iwie into the forests; escape of Jews from Woronowo into the forests; resistance activity of the escapees against Belorussian policemen; murder of Belorussian policemen by Jews who escaped from the killing pit.