Testimony of Icchak Nachman Gorzyczanski, born in Sandomierz, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in the Sandomierz Ghetto and in hiding

Testimony of Icchak Nachman Gorzyczanski, born in Sandomierz, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in the Sandomierz Ghetto and in hiding Life before the war. German occupation; German treatment of the Jews including murder; appointment as a member of the Judenrat by the Germans; German demands on the Jews; absorption of Jewish deportees from Kalisz and Sieradz; labor in the Judenrat relief department; increase in the flow of refugees and deportees; life in the Sandomierz Ghetto, including supplies; roles of other departments, including bribes and ransoms in the face of German demands; about Gedal Radlman, a Judenrat member; murder of Goldberg, the Judenrat head; murder of Goldberg's assistant the following day; start of "Aktions" in the vicinity; tracing the whereabouts of the deportees at a meeting of Judenrat chairmen from the vicinity; deportation of approximately 5,000 Jews from Sandomierz during the first "Aktion", 29 October 1942; life of the Jews rescued from the "Aktion" in bunkers, in hiding and in a German labor camp; escape during the second "Aktion", January 1943; contact with his wife; life in bunkers with his wife with help from Polish friends; liberation.