Szmugiel Na Wage Zycia = Smuggle worth the life
Extent and Medium
folders
2
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3 microfiche,
Creator(s)
- Bernard C. Swierczynski
Biographical History
Bernard Conrad Swierczynski is a Polish gentile who lived in Warsaw, Poland, during World War II. He was successful in giving aid to many Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. He has been recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among Nations and was made an honorary citizen of Israel in Apr 1991.
Archival History
Bernard C. Swierczynski
Acquisition
"Smuggle worth the life" was completed by Bernard Conrad Swierczynski ca. 1989. It was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Mar 1992 via Jeffrey Burt.
Scope and Content
Contains information about Polish history, life in the Warsaw ghetto, the assistance to Jews by non-Jews in the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust, and assistance to Jews in escaping from the Warsaw ghetto.
People
- Swierczynski, Bernard Conrad.
Corporate Bodies
- Commission for the Designation of the Righteous among the Nations
Subjects
- Righteous Gentiles
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
- Jews--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
- Hiding places--Poland.
- Escapes.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Białystok.
- Guerrillas--Poland.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.
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