[Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

Identifier
990004810800304146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Languages
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Scope and Content

Testimony of J. M. S, 18 year old from Wyszków, who describes aerial bombings of his town by the Germans, and the downing of a German plane near the village of Somianka though the pilot was never found. He describes the arrival of refugees into town from Ostrolenka, and, later, from Pultusk and Tsebanow. He describes how German bombings killed several people and destroyed houses, though his uncle Herschel Polz' house was not destroyed. More bombings killed the wife of Leibl Levin and his three children. Many, both Christians and Jews, fled in the direction of Warsaw. He describes the flight of his family, including small children and babies, to Shetzik, hiding in the forests by Natalin from airplanes. He describes looting incidents from the polish soldiers who trained guns on German planes from the yard, causing retaliatory bombings. On officer offered his family to flee with the army, but they could not do so on account of the children. Y. S. M. describes the arrival of the German occupying forces and the fear and oppression that followed, houses burned and Jews shot. He describes the killing, while fleeing into a tavern, of 80 year old Tzirl Holland, and her son Fishel Holland, and Sashke, also eighty year old. He describes the burning of the town's synagogues with the Jews still inside them, and the burials afterwards. He provides a description of the High Holiday services under occupation. He descries murders and repressions in Ostrowy, Zubravek and Zisovo. Protocol No.3 is an extract from a volume of protocols /statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists who fled to Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1939 they formed a committee to collect evidence on the condition of the Jews in Poland under Nazi occupation.

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  • Electronic access only

  • Electronic text and image data. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem 2015

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