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Testimony of Bernard Czapnik, born in Krakow, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in a village near Bochnia and in Wisnicz, the Bochnia Ghetto and Szebnie camp

Testimony of Bernard Czapnik, born in Krakow, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in a village near Bochnia and in Wisnicz, the Bochnia Ghetto and Szebnie camp Life before the war, including work as a bookkeeper in textile factories in Krakow, until 1940. Deportation to a village near Bochnia, March 1941; transfer to Wisnicz, three weeks later; escape to Brzesko Nowe via forests, August 1942; return to Bochnia, eight days later; Bochnia Ghetto life, including selection during the last "Aktion" in the ghetto, 08 September 1943; deportation to Szebnie camp in a passenger train; Szebnie camp life,...

File Number : 19

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of David Krakauer regarding the preparations by the Hashomer Hatzair leadership for the uprising in the Czestochowa Ghetto and the deaths of his comrades in one of the underground activities Arrangements made by the young people, who were members of various parties in the leadership of the Hashomer Hatzair, 1943; smuggling of weapons into the ghetto and building a tunnel from the ghetto to the Polish side; story of a planned sabotage activity with the purpose of damaging the railroad line to Czestochowa; participation of Krakauer's close friend Harry Gershonovitz in the activity; following an...

File Number : 486

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Polish