Testimony of Arie Chazan, born in Ciechanowiec, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Ciechanowiec Ghetto, hidden by a non-Jew in Zlotki-Przeczki and a non-Jew in Mieleszki
Testimony of Arie Chazan, born in Ciechanowiec, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Ciechanowiec Ghetto, hidden by a non-Jew in Zlotki-Przeczki and a non-Jew in Mieleszki
Testimony
Testimony of Arie Chazan, born in Ciechanowiec, Poland, 1931, regarding his experiences as a child in the Ciechanowiec Ghetto, hidden by a non-Jew in Zlotki-Przeczki and a non-Jew in Mieleszki
From a large traditional family; witness's father is a grain merchant; learns in a "heder"; father is drafted into the Red Army; witness’ brother is active in Hechalutz; restrictions on and harassment of the Jews; displays of antisemitism.
German shelling, 1940; marking of houses; yellow badge; murder of Jews who are Communists; deportation of the family to the Ciechanowiec Ghetto without his father; ghetto life including smuggling food and writing poems; religious services on Yom Kippur; murder of his brother; escape to a Christian cemetery, 1942; hidden by Sapkovsky, a childless non-Jew in Zlotki-Przeczki; move to Mieleszki; hidden by Byaly, a non-Jew; leaves Byaly, July 1944; liberation by the Red Army.
Return to Ciechanowiec; move to Bialystok; life in Lodz; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1946; starts a family; reunion with Jadwiga, his rescuer's daughter in Israel.
Details
Map
Hierarchical Tree
item Id
5247278
First Name
Arie
Last Name
Chazan
Khazan
Date of Birth
1931
Place of Birth
Ciechanowiec, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives