In 1941 the Rennert family was deported from the town of Vijnita (Vishnitz), Bukovina beyond the Dniester River. The arduous journey through Transnistria began with a journey to the city of Mogilev on a train jam-packed with deportees.
![Chess set that teenager Aaron Rennert took with him when his family was deported to Transnistria](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/11543_1-33D.jpg?itok=1olXAvkq)
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Aaron Rennert, Israel
![Chess set that teenager Aaron Rennert took with him when his family was deported to Transnistria](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/11543_1-33D.jpg?itok=CaZr7aoI)
![Leib and Perl Rennert with their children, Aaron (on the right) and Baruch.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/2-edited.jpg?itok=1FBP4UtV)
![Leib and Perl Rennert with their children, Aaron (on the right) and Baruch.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2-edited.jpg?itok=3_bJO5h3)
![Yona Rennert, who died of typhus in Transnistria.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/3-edited.jpg?itok=t3oHDl97)
![Yona Rennert, who died of typhus in Transnistria.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/3-edited.jpg?itok=05OKNKtf)
![Aaron Rennert and his wife Rika in Israel.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/4-edited.jpg?itok=2AimmkwN)
![Aaron Rennert and his wife Rika in Israel.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/4-edited.jpg?itok=IH5NmUNm)