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Memoirs of Maria Sanocka, a Polish woman, born in Wojtowa, in the Gorlice District, Poland, 1923 regarding the fate of her Jewish neighbors

Memoirs of Maria Sanocka, a Polish woman, born in Wojtowa, in the Gorlice District, Poland, 1923 regarding the fate of her Jewish neighbors Good relations between the Poles and the Jews in Wojtawa before the war; participation of the Jews in every aspect of village life; memories of the writer of Jewish merchants from the village of Biecz; Outbreak of the war, September 1939; ties of friendship between the witness' family and the Geicailer and Fiber families; death of Chaim Geicailer during the course of his escape toward the East; the situation of the Jews under the German occupation; deportation of the...

File Number : 6643

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testimony of Sara Pesel (Hollander) Studnicki, born in Pustkow, 1916, regarding her experiences in Sedziszow, and living under a false identity in Lancut

Testimony

Testimony of Sara Pesel (Hollander) Studnicki, born in Pustkow, 1916, regarding her experiences in Sedziszow, and living under a false identity in Lancut From a religious family; rural agriculture; nine Jewish families; the start of the occupation; being kidnapped to forced labor; contact with refugees from Lvov; deportation of the women to the Sedziszow Ghetto; deportation of the men to the Debica Ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; mass executions; escape to Lvov; obtains Aryan documents under the name of Studnicki; rescue of her sister from the Zabichow Ghetto next to Lublin; her sister's daughter is...

File Number : 11187

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Stefan Michta, regarding his experience in the Czestochowa ghetto, forced labor at HASAG Eisenhutte Werke factory in Rakow, his underground activity and hiding in the village of Wozniki

Testimony of Stefan Michta, regarding his experience in the Czestochowa ghetto, forced labor at HASAG Eisenhutte Werke factory in Rakow, his underground activity and hiding in the village of Wozniki By the end of January 1943, Stefan Michta was in the so-called small ghetto in Czestochowa; was forced to work in HASAG Eisenhutte Werke (metalworks) in Rakow. There he joined the Jewish Combat Organization (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa, ZOB); his pseudonym was "August"; was enrolled in the "Kantor" unit, that included Geldbard, Feler, Plawner, Kantor and Leon Bukowski (the latter, as a member of the People's Army...

File Number : 11313

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Waclaw Daruk from Zadebce, Hrubieszow county, Poland, regarding the mass murder of Jews on the road between Chelm and Hrubieszow

Testimony of Waclaw Daruk from Zadebce, Hrubieszow county, Poland, regarding the mass murder of Jews on the road between Chelm and Hrubieszow Waclaw Daruk was a member of Bataliony Chlopskie (B.Ch., Peasants' Battalions) partisan organisation. One night in March of 1942 or 1943 (the author isn't sure) there was a shooting heard from the road, about 3 km from Chelm, that lasted for 2 hours. In order to gather information about the event, Waclaw Daruk joined the people that were forced to dig the graves next morning. Being a soldier that saw the action, blood and death, he was still shocked to see the place of...

File Number : 11298

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Czesław Pardela regarding the experiences of his family in Pilica, Kroczyce, Skała, on their escape towards the East, their return and stay in Karlin, arrest of his mother and her release, return to Pilica after the war and life in Poland Memoirs of Czesław Pardela, born in Pilica, Poland, 07 November 1932, regarding his experiences before, during and after the war: First marriage of Czesław's father to Olga (Własow), born in Kazan, Russia (both members of the couple were not Jewish and they had a number of children); escape of Olga and her husband from Russia to Poland at the start of the...

File Number : 9970

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

Testimony of Meier Bidlowski, born in Staszow, Poland, 1898, regarding his experiences in Staszow, the Sandomierz Ghetto and as a partisan, 1939-1944

Testimony of Meier Bidlowski, born in Staszow, Poland, 1898, regarding his experiences in Staszow, the Sandomierz Ghetto and as a partisan, 1939-1944 Included in the testimony: - Arrest by the Germans while serving as a sergeant in the Polish Army, 1939; escape from captivity; - The presence of about 5,000 Jews in Staszow before the war; - Arrest of 10 Jews and hostages by the Germans,10 November 1939; imposition of a forced contribution of 20,000 Zloty; demeaning labor imposed on observant Jews; beating and shooting of Jews by SS men; - Deportation of Jews to a labor camp near Lublin for...

File Number : 1561

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English