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Letter of testimony by Jan Rebisz, a Polish priest from Miedzyrzec Podlaski, regarding his help to a Jewish girl in finding work and housing during the Nazi occupation

Letter of testimony by Jan Rebisz, a Polish priest from Miedzyrzec Podlaski, regarding his help to a Jewish girl in finding work and housing during the Nazi occupation Arrival of a Jewish girl, who was 16 years old, to his home and her request to find a place of work; during a conversation with him, she discloses her Jewish identity and her life story, including the loss of all her family members; he refers her to a place of work; he keeps in contact with the girl as she reveals a desire to convert to Christianity; he teaches her the principles of the Catholic religion; The name of the girl in not...

File Number : 478

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Chaskiel Fischman, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1921, regarding his family's experiences in Tarnow and his experiences in Pustkow camp, Auschwitz and other places

Testimony of Chaskiel Fischman, born in Tarnow, Poland, 1921, regarding his family's experiences in Tarnow and his experiences in Pustkow camp, Auschwitz and other places Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; detention of his parents and sister; their release from detention two days later, following the amputation [cutting off] of his father's leg; deportation of his family during the first "Aktion"; escape of the witness after the arrival of Polish policemen who came to search for him; taking of his uncle and his aunt as hostages, with the promise that the witness will voluntarily...

File Number : 370

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Ada Koppel (Weingarten) Spinak (Szpinak), born in Boryslaw, Poland, 1908, regarding her experiences in Drohobycz, in the Boryslaw Ghetto, in the Mraznica camp, and in hiding on the Aryan side Life of Ada in Drohobycz with her husband Filip Koppel, their daughter Stella, her mother-in-law, and Herman, brother of Filip. The Germans enter the city in June 1941 and conduct a pogrom against the Jews during which Ada and her family are hidden by their tenant, Michalik. In the second pogrom organized by the Germans, in autumn 1941, Jews are led to collection points. Parents are taken suddenly, leaving...

File Number : 2223

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Polish

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