The few that survived were taken to a concentration camp. After several days without food or water, someone came to choose 'strong' men for work. Yacov was chosen to unload ammunition and equipment from ships onto trains.
Yacov was accused of killing Germans and one evening, a soldier was taking him home from the court house and he asked the soldier to kill him; he just could not take anymore. The soldier told him that the bullet was worth more than his life. He would die like a dog. He was able to prove to the judge that he did not kill Germans and the judge released him. When he reached home, his mother and four siblings were living in their small house with 30 people. The dogs were barking and no one recognized him. When they realized who he was, they began to ask about their family members that were taken. They were all dead, but Yacov could not bring himself to tell them. After three months when no one else retuned home, he had to tell his mother that she was a widow at 37 years old. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions. (2 Tim 4:5) After other tragedies of living in Romanian, he wanted to go to Israel. An organization helped him get out of Romania to Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy and Cypress where he met Sara who he dearly loves. From Cypress they were sent to a Displacement Camp in Israel. They did many jobs for Israel. They both were soldiers, and she was a nurse. He built houses and roads after which he took courses and became a male nurse working for 30 years.
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