Testimony of Leon Cymiel, born in 1924 in Chelm Lubelski, Poland, about his experiences in Chelm Lubelski, the Chelm camp, Sobibór, with the partisans in the Lublin area, etc.

Testimony of Leon Cymiel, born in 1924 in Chelm Lubelski, Poland, about his experiences in Chelm Lubelski, the Chelm camp, Sobibór, with the partisans in the Lublin area, etc. Establishment of an open ghetto in Chelm Lubelski; imposition of “contributions” by the authorities; execution of hostages as punishment for failure by the Judenrat to meet the deadline or for failing to raise the requisite sum; toughening of anti-Jewish policies in 1941, including the establishment of camps i...