Testimony of Mira Kwasowicer, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto

Identifier

3714456

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

M.11/316

Level of Description

File

Languages

Polish

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

http://collections1.yadvashem.org/notebook_ext.asp?site=sapir&item=3714456&lang=ENG&menu=1

Extent and Medium

Original

5 pages/frames

Creator(s)

The Bialystok Ghetto Underground Archives (Mersik-Tennenbaum Archives)

Acquisition

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

Scope and Content

Testimony of Mira Kwasowicer, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto Being hidden in the Bialystok Ghetto during an "Aktion" by Maria Kozachuk, the Polish woman, February 1943; rescue of a Jew by Seifert, the German policeman; in hiding with her family during the "Aktion", 16 August 1943; forced labor in a factory; murder of 70 (underground) fighters in the ghetto, 20 August 1943; abuse (of Jews?) by Ukrainian collaborators; "Aktion" against the sick and the elderly; approach {of the army) of the Front to Bialystok including shelling; liberation by the Red Army, 28 July 1944.

Subjects

Attitude towards the Jews - Poland and the Polish population
"Aktions" in the Ghettos
Hiding
Sick people
Hiding place

Places

Bialystok,Bialystok,Bialystok,Poland
Bialystok,Ghetto,Poland

Genre

Testimony

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עדותה של Kwasowicer Mira ילידת 1925 Bialystok פולין על קורותיה בגטו Bialystok