Testimony of Lewi Leo Monczka, born in Konin, Poland, 1884, regarding his experiences in the Konin community before the war, as a hostage, in detention and in Warsaw

Testimony of Lewi Leo Monczka, born in Konin, Poland, 1884, regarding his experiences in the Konin community before the war, as a hostage, in detention and in Warsaw Konin community under Czarist rule, early 1900s; craftsmen and merchants; institutions for social relief; religious and cultural life; outbreak of World War I; life under German occupation; Jews' life under Polish rule, from the social, economic and religious aspect; initiative to build a Jewish high school; Nazi rise t...