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Diary written by an anonymous regarding the Jewish police in the Warsaw Ghetto

Diary written by an anonymous regarding the Jewish police in the Warsaw Ghetto The process of establishing the Jewish police; names of office holders; positions imposed on the policemen by order of the Germans; cooperation between smugglers of food and other merchandise involving illegal departure and entry in the ghetto; about Jozef Szerynski, the Commander of the Jewish police; the role of the Jewish police in the deportation, summer 1942, and the behavior of the policemen towards the Jews during "Aktions"; selection among the policemen and deportation of some of them to Treblinka and Majdanek; the ...

File Number : 156

Type of Material : Memoirs, Diary

Language : Polish

Correspondence between Paulina Kern and Josef Kermisz, conducted 18 April 1971-05 February 1972, regarding the trials of collaborators with the Germans held in Poland after the war

Correspondence between Paulina Kern and Josef Kermisz, conducted 18 April 1971-05 February 1972, regarding the trials of collaborators with the Germans held in Poland after the war In the correspondence there is a description of trials held following a legal order regarding a death sentence for collaborators with the Germans handed down 31 August 1944; at most of the trials Kern served as a witness, advisor or prosecuting attorney. - Letter dated 06 November 1971 regarding members of the Jewish intelligentsia who collaborated with Germans; in the letter, the actors Dymsza and Malicka and the poet...

File Number : 330

Type of Material : Correspondence, Letter

Language : Polish