Categories Archives: Poland

Testimony: Bolesław, born in 1932 in Rabka: ”The Germans practised shooting behind the Gestapo building. They used Jews as human targets.” Basic Info: A Yahad – In Unum field research team, led by Yahad Deputy Research Director Michal C...

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TESTIMONY: Czeslaw – “To hide the traces of their crimes, the Germans burned the victims’ bodies”. BASIC INFO: Yahad sent a research team for its 19th trip to Poland from the 2 to 19 August 2017. The team concentrated on the Wester...

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TESTIMONY: Kazimierz – ”One day, German gendarmes rounded up Radecznica. They chased Jews from their houses. They brought around 35-40 people, entire families, behind the monastery and they shot them. I climbed in a tree to watch the shooting....

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TESTIMONY: Jan – “When the ghetto was liquidated, the Jews were brought on foot to the train station of Sobolew. A lot of them couldn’t walk and they were shot on the road.” BASIC INFO: During this trip the Yahad – In Unum te...

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Testimony: Henryk – “The Germans set the houses and stores on fire. They accused the Jews of being responsible for the blaze.” The 16th research trip to Poland took place in the Warsaw region, in the north and east of the voivodeship. A ...

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Testimony: Roman – “17 Jews hid in the forest during the war. My parents asked me to bring milk to the refugees.” For its 15th research trip in Poland, a Yahad-In Unum team travelled to Polesia to interview the last witnesses of the Holo...

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Testimony: Boleslaw – “The Jews were rounded up in a yard, surrounded by a wooden fence, near the river. After several days, they were brought to the Jewish cemetery and shot.” For its 14th research trip to Poland, a Yahad-In Unum team t...

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Testimony: Jerzy P. “After the clashes in 1939, the Jews who were hiding in the bushes left to welcome the Germans, but they were taken and shot in the forest.” During 15 days of research in Poland, a Yahad – In Unum team investigated in...

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Testimony: Czeslaw F. “The Jews were forced to work hard. In winter, every day, several people died from exhaustion, severe cold and disease.” During 15 days of research in Poland, a Yahad – In Unum team investigated in 28 towns and vill...

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Testimony: “Franczysek (born in 1928) saw the Germans arriving. He was forced to go with them into the forest where he became an eyewitness to the massacre of the Jews: “The Germans saw the shelter and they threw a grenade in it. Rouhlia (14 y...

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