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Testimony of Avraham Finkler regarding his fate among the Jews of Szydlowiec, the heroic death of Rabbi Chaim Rabinowitz and the philanthropist and activist Rabbi Yitzchak Steinman, and their words of encouragement to the deportees on the transport
Jewish life in Szydlowiec before the war; the relations between the Jews of Szydlowiec and the Nazi authorities; relative calm from 1939 to 1941; first deportation by SS men and Ukrainians, 23 September 1942; murder of community leaders, elderly, and children; murder of patients in the hospital located in Rabbi Neta Eisenberg's synagogue, with the cooperation of the Polish police and Polish firefighters, and the local population took part in hunting Jews; Rabbi Chaim Rabinowitz and three judges ...
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item Id
3541336
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
1752
Language
Yiddish
Record Group
M.1 - Central Historical Commission (CHC) of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Zone, Munich
Sub-Record Group
M.1.E - Testimonies Collection
Name of Submitter
Avraham Finkler
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
4
Connected to Item
M.1.E - Collection of testimonies gathered by the Central Historic Committee of the Liberated Jews in Munich, 1946-1948
Form of Testimony
Written testimony
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository