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In These Nightmarish Days
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Here you have him, the proud Jew. The Jew who ruled his kingdom with a high hand in complete despotism: here is the Jew who never heeded anyone’s advice, who did everything with his own hand and…

Contributor:

Josef Zelkowicz

Places:

Litzmannstadt, General Government for the Occupied Polish Region (Lodz, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Children, Rebellion, Death, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage
Justyna’s Diary
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While imprisoned by the Nazis and awaiting her death, Gusta Dawidsohn-Draenger recalls her last supper with other resistance leaders in the Vilna ghetto.

Contributor:

Gusta Dawidsohn-Draenger

Places:

Kraków, General Government for the Occupied Polish Region (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Rebellion, War, Jewish quarters, Sabbath, Holocaust

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries
Photo of three Jewish women wearing badges identifying them as Jewish, in the Vilna ghetto.
Yellow Star and Swastika: A Story of Servitude
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We learn upon waking that Admiral Esteva was brutally kidnapped during the night by some Germans who apparently forced him onto his plane. A friend attached to Civil Defense, who was…

Contributor:

Robert Borgel

Places:

Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunis, Tunisia)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

War, Rebellion, Community, Fascism, Jewish quarters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries