Online Store Contact us About us
Yad Vashem logo

Testimony of Zeev Zawadzki, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, escape from the ghetto with the help of Irena Sandler (later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations) and using a false identity

Testimony
null
null
null
Testimony of Zeev Zawadzki, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1934, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto, escape from the ghetto with the help of Irena Sandler (later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations) and using a false identity Life before the war. Outbreak of the war; draft of his father into the Polish Army; disappearance of his father in the Soviet Union; deportation to the small ghetto; ghetto life; assistance to Jewish refugees from Berlin; "Aktions"; remaining of corpses on the streets; finding a hiding place during the "Aktions"; lack of food; transfer to the large ghetto; escape from the ghetto in a Red Cross ambulance, February 1943; life outside of the ghetto; receiving aid from helpers of Irena Sandler (later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations); life using a false identity; aid and a place to hide from Polish Catholics; liberation by the Red Army, September 1944. Aid from the JDC; aliya to Israel, 1957.
item Id
7318627
First Name
Zeev
Last Name
Zavatzki
Zavitzki
Date of Birth
13/04/1934
Place of Birth
Warszawa, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
03/08/08
Date of Creation - latest
03/08/08
Name of Submitter
Zawadzki Zeev
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection