Motke Zeidel:how he escaped an extermination camp

In January of 1944 there was a 18 year old named Motke Zeidel, at this time he had lived the previous two years living in the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania. in January of 1941 a vehicle came to a halt and Motke was hoarded onto a truck shackled. During the prior year or so he had talked to a couple of other Jewish Lithuanians who had escaped who were telling stories of the horrors at the Ponar concentration camp. They claimed that the were at a camp in the middle of the forest where people were shot for no reason, and where dead bodies were stacked very high. They also were talking about mothers pleading for the Nazi's to save their innocent children from execution but to no avail. So when Motke arrived in the camp in Ponar he realized that he should try to escape or die trying. So Motke joined a group that was planning their escape from the camp. Dogim who was another prisoner was the ringleader. Once they emerged from the tunnel they would cut a hole in the fence and run. And to cover up the break in the fence with a white cloth to show the next person where to run to. There was about 10 people in total in this group. And about 8 groups. Zeidel's group picked April 15th for the escape and their plan was to escape at night. Their group once they broke thru the fence, just ran all night, Motke was never captured again by the Nazis. In 1945 Motke immigrated to Israel, and he served in Israel's war for independence. Motke Zeidel has lived a peacful life since and has 3 kids and 6 grandchildren.