"Żegota" (1942 – 1945)
"Camera one. The roundup was underway. Curfew was approaching. Risk was considered the norm back then. The price of sacrifice was the highest. For a humane act, an expression of humanity – helping Jews – there was only one penalty: death." In his next column, Dr. Paweł Wieczorek writes about the Council to Aid Jews "Żegota", established on September 27, 1942. September 27, 2019 "Without an exact address, we searched for the girl until late at night. And when […]
Jakow Rabinowicz – his account was one of those that changed the ghetto
In the late summer of 1942, Rabinowicz managed to escape Treblinka, return to Warsaw, and recount his experiences in the extermination camp. Rabbi David Berman, a research specialist at the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, offers a closer look at his life in his text. A turning point in the history of the Warsaw Ghetto came in the summer of 1942 with the first eyewitness accounts from the Treblinka extermination camp. Initially, Treblinka was assumed to be a labor camp, as reported by Judenrat head Adam Czerniaków. […]