Testimony of Dr. Peta Welian, born in Bialystok, Poland, regarding the fate of the Jewish policeman, Pesach Birnbaum, in the Bialystok Ghetto

Identifier

3714419

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

M.11/287

Level of Description

File

Languages

Polish

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

http://collections1.yadvashem.org/notebook_ext.asp?site=sapir&item=3714419&lang=ENG&menu=1

Extent and Medium

Original

1 pages/frames

Creator(s)

The Bialystok Ghetto Underground Archives (Mersik-Tennenbaum Archives)

Acquisition

submitted by: עו"ד מ.טורעק, יו"ר הוועדה היהודית ההסטורית ב-BIALYSTOK

Scope and Content

Testimony of Dr. Peta Welian, born in Bialystok, Poland, regarding the fate of the Jewish policeman, Pesach Birnbaum, in the Bialystok Ghetto First "Aktion" in the Bialystok Ghetto, February 1943; refusal of the policeman, Pesach Birnbaum, to obey the orders of the Germans including orders to capture escapees and reveal hiding places; dismissal of the policeman from his post by Izak Markus, the police chief; second "Aktion" in the ghetto, August 1943; deportation of Birnbaum and his family to Treblinka.

Subjects

Jewish Police
"Aktions" in the Ghettos

Places

Treblinka,Extermination Camp,Poland
Bialystok,Ghetto,Poland
Bialystok,Bialystok,Bialystok,Poland

Genre

Testimony

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עדותה של Dr. Welian Peta ילידת Bialystok על קורות השוטר היהודי Birenbaum Pesach בגטו Bialystok