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Testimony of Gerschon Scher, born in Kalisz, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw and Rzeszow Ghettos, and in the Szebnie and Birkenau camps

Testimony

Testimony of Gerschon Scher, born in Kalisz, 1921, regarding his experiences in the Warsaw and Rzeszow Ghettos, and in the Szebnie and Birkenau camps From a Zionist family; his father is a shoe merchant; activity in the Hashomer Hatzair movement; rise in displays of antisemitism from 1934 and onwards; occupation, 1939. Escape; air-raid next to Lututow; injured; return to Kalisz; receiving extended medical treatment; murder of the community elders; deportation to the Warsaw Ghetto, January 1940; attempt to organize an escape to Russia (within the framework of Hashomer Hatzair); failure of the escape plan;...

File Number : 11734

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Israel Gutman, born in Warsaw, Poland in 1923, regarding the deportation “Aktion” in the Warsaw Ghetto in July 1942 and the establishment of the Jewish Fighting Organization and its activities in July-September 1942 Life in the ghetto; information regarding the activities of youth movements and especially of Hashomer Hatzair and Dror; institutions for mutual help; deportation at the end of July 1942; description of the fate of his sister (appears under the name Esther) and her deportation for extermination with the Korczak Orphanage; life with friends in different hiding places in the ghetto;...

File Number : 11156

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish