The Stories Our Parents Found Too Painful To Tell. Henry R Lew

The Stories Our Parents Found Too Painful To Tell - Henry R Lew


Скачать книгу
lawyer and the son-in-law of Zionist activist Hersz Lew; Tilleman, also a lawyer; Dr. Tapicer, the son of the pharmacist Tapicer; Rev. Eliyahu Wolocki, cantor, shohet (ritual slaughterer), and moihel (circumciser); Moshe Zabludowsky, a well-known teacher at the Hebrew Gymnasium (High School); Phillip and Simon Kuriansky, the sons of community activist Moshe Kuriansky, and their brother-in-law, a shoe merchant on a large scale; Joseph Seligsohn, a printer, and his son and nephew Munia Seligsohn; Aaron Breszinski and Joseph Rubinlicht, employees of Undzer Leben; Yaacov Shapiro, the former Chairman of the Esperanto Society and a correspondent for “The Daily Illustrated Courier,” a prominent newspaper in Krakow; Wilenczyk, a tailor; Khessin, the Shammash or Beadle of the Synagogue Choir; and Asher Messer, the well-known ticket master at the Palace Theatre.

      THE NAZI MURDERERS DEMAND AN INDEMNITY FOR THE THREE THOUSAND SABBATH MARTYRS.

      Immediately after the three thousand “Sabbath Martyrs” were brutally murdered, and before we were notified as to their fate, the Nazi Commandant informed the Judenrat that a ransom of 5 kilos of gold, 100 kilos of silver and two million Soviet roubles would secure their release.

      The Judenrat responded by calling an immediate meeting of its Council. Without much ado the Council voted that the only option was to collect the ransom.

      The mothers and wives of the seized men were immediately targeted. These women parted with all their jewellery and also large sums of money. Over the next three days collectors visited every Jewish home in Bialystok and everyone dug deep and donated as best as they could.

      When the entire ransom was collected Engineer Barasz led a delegation of the Judenrat leadership to the Commandant. They received a cold reception. The Commandant made them stand in a corridor for a long while before he agreed to see them. Then he told them that the detainees would not be released. They were already working in a labour camp in Germany. The ransom would merely insure against more men being taken away.

      This response stunned the Judenrat leadership into silence. They walked out of the Commandant’s office with heads bowed. Back at headquarters, the former old people’s home at 32 Kupiecka Street, they called a immediate plenum of the entire membership. The full assembly was notified as to the Commandant’s words. These matters were discussed for a while and then the Judenrat panicked. They decided to suppress the Commandant’s communication, to maintain the illusion that the prisoners would soon be released.

      The wives and mothers of the abducted men immediately sensed that they were being lied to. They organised daily demonstrations outside the Judenrat building. These demonstrations were stormy. Tempers frayed. Some of the ladies even took to assaulting Judenrat members.

      Before long these angry ladies had appointed community activist Moshe Kuriansky as the spokesman for their cause. Kuriansky was commissioned to establish a special committee to attempt to secure the release of the men. Kuriansky’s committee collected much more money but it never managed to achieve anything else. After several months Kuriansky’s committee was disbanded. The money which it collected was returned to the original donors.

      JEWS ARE COMPELLED TO WEAR A YELLOW BADGE.

      The Gestapo issued daily directives which imposed increasing demands on the Judenrat. One of the earliest and most degrading was the ‘Directive of the Yellow Badge.’ It stated that every Jewish man, woman and child over the age of ten years must wear a yellow Star of David over their hearts and on their backs.

      Some Jews insisted they would not allow themselves to be branded in this way. Others started rumours that in a few days the Jews of Bialystok would be herded into a ghetto.

      Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.

      Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».

      Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес.

      Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAYABgAAD/2wBDAAUDBAQEAwUEBAQFBQUGBwwIBwcHBw8LCwkMEQ8SEhEP ERETFhwXExQaFRERGCEYGh0dHx8fExciJCIeJBweHx7/2wBDAQUFBQcGBw4ICA4eFBEUHh4eHh4e Hh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh7/wAARCAkABdwDASIA AhEBAxEB/8QAHwAAAQUBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtRAAAgEDAwIEAwUFBAQA AAF9AQIDAAQRBRIhMUEGE1FhByJxFDKBkaEII0KxwRVS0fAkM2JyggkKFhcYGRolJicoKSo0NTY3 ODk6Q0RFRkdISUpTVFVWV1hZWmNkZWZnaGlqc3R1dnd4eXqDhIWGh4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqKjpKWm p6ipqrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXGx8jJytLT1NXW19jZ2uHi4+Tl5ufo6erx8vP09fb3+Pn6/8QAHwEA AwEBAQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtREAAgECBAQDBAcFBAQAAQJ3AAECAxEEBSEx BhJBUQdhcRMiMoEIFEKRobHBCSMzUvAVYnLRChYkNOEl8RcYGRomJygpKjU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElK U1RVVldYWVpjZGVmZ2hpanN0dXZ3eHl6goO

Скачать книгу