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Testimony of Jozefa Przewalska, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Vilna, Poland, 1909, regarding her experiences as a non-Jew saving Jews and with the Polish underground

Testimony

Testimony of Jozefa Przewalska, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Vilna, Poland, 1909, regarding her experiences as a non-Jew saving Jews and with the Polish underground Life before the war; marriage. German occupation, June 1941; her husband's position as head of the Polish underground; underground activities including courier activities; murder of her husband by the Gestapo; rescue activities to save Jewish children; liberation. Recognition as a Righteous Among the Nations.

File Number : 3027

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Elizabet (Bloch) Ziskowicz, born in Oszmiana, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, forests, and with the partisans in Rudnicka Puszcza

Testimony

Testimony of Elizabet (Bloch) Ziskowicz, born in Oszmiana, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, forests, and with the partisans in Rudnicka Puszcza Life before the war; marriage. German occupation; deportation to the Vilna Ghetto; ghetto life including underground activities; help from the Polish underground; escape to forests; joins a Soviet partisan unit in Rudnicka Puszcza; her husband's death; liberation. Aliya to Israel, 1957.

File Number : 2666

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Yiddish