Testimony of Samson Sachta Schaechter, born in Campulungul Moldovenesc, Romania, 1912, regarding his experiences in Soviet forced labor camps, as a Czechoslovakian soldier in Buzuluk, Novokhopersk, Sokolovo, Kiev, Belaya Tserkov and Dukla Life as a Jewish foreign student in Brno, 1939; expulsion to Romania; deportation to labor in Soviet factories and coal mines, 1940-1941; enlistment of Jews in the Czechoslovakian battalion at Buzuluk, 1942; nationality problems; Communist influences; service in a reserve regiment; combat in Sokolovo, 1943; attitude of Ukrainian volunteers towards the Jews; the role of the Jews in the Czechoslovakian brigade at Novokhopersk and in battles at Kiev and Bela Cerkev; reasons for the defeat at Krosno, 1944; assumption of command by General Svoboda; the Dukla campaign; forms and causes of antisemitism during the war and in liberated Czechoslovakia. Formation of the Czechoslovakian Jewish brigade for Israel, 1948; initiative of Jewish Communists; discussion in the Central Committee of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party; contact with Gorzansky, the Israeli representative; positive attitude of Gottwald, Slansky and Geminder; apprehension on the part of Reicin; arms and training; recruitment of volunteers; assistance of the Eretz Israel Office; appointment of Czechoslovakian Colonel Sochor (Hero of the Soviet Union) commander of the brigade; plans for industrial aid to Israel; transports of troops to Israel, including the witness; fear of Communist infiltration; change in command; controversies over political and strategic aspects; disbanding of the brigade; integration into civilian society; settlement of Kerem Maharal; return to Czechoslovakia; charged with being a Zionist supporter, imprisonment, 1952.