General view of Flossenbürg concentration camp after liberation by the US Army 99th Infantry Division, April 1945 EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT "We were wretched, despairing figures as we…
Julie Kangisser15th June 2017
EXCERPT FROM APPENDIX B – FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE GHETTO AND CAMPS "At the end of April the Nazis wanted to transfer us to the Tyrol Mountains, in order to…
Julie Kangisser19th May 2017
EXCERPT FROM APPENDIX B – FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE GHETTO AND CAMPS "After weeks of marching and wandering on the roads, on which thousands of inmates lost their lives, I…
Julie Kangisser19th May 2017
The Rabbi of Kromolow (1) and the Rabbi of Zawiercie, Rabbi Shlomo Elimelech Rabinowitz (2) coming out of Katowicz railway station EXCERPT FROM APPENDIX B – FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE…
Julie Kangisser19th May 2017
Electric fence at Fünfteichen EXCERPT FROM APPENDIX B – FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE GHETTO AND CAMPS "At the end of 1943, a new department was formed near the camp where…
Julie Kangisser19th May 2017
EXCERPT FROM APPENDIX B – FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE GHETTO AND CAMPS "In 1943 I received a letter from my parents... they were already sitting on their bags waiting for…
Julie Kangisser19th May 2017
EXCERPT FROM APPENDIX B – FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE GHETTO AND CAMPS "I was sent off by the Nazi beasts to a camp in Germany. There we built the motorway.…
Julie Kangisser19th May 2017
EXCERPT FROM APPENDIX B – FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE GHETTO AND CAMPS "Surely many others will write about the odysseys of the Jews of Zawiercie after the first bombing of…
Julie Kangisser19th May 2017
EXCERPT FROM APPENDIX A – NATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS FROM ZAWIERCIE "In 1939, shortly before the outbreak of the war, the Jewish-nationalist youth from all denominations were well organised in…
Julie Kangisser19th May 2017
