In Contempt of Death: All the Businesses of Symcha Binem Motyl
"Now it's war, whoever trades, lives," went the smuggling anthem. Symcha Binem Motyl also lived by this maxim. From occupied Warsaw, he managed to embark on trading expeditions both deep into the Soviet occupation zone and into territories incorporated into the Reich. All this so that his wife and young daughter could survive the hell of the ghetto. Despite his exceptional luck, he was unable to save the entire […]