Museum of Combatants and Partisans, Olewski-Zalmanovich Rachel - Testimony

01.01.1984 - 31.12.1984

Reference Code : K 7 a - 3/ 3

Archive: Museum of Combatants and Partisans
Material status: Scanned
Date Type: Approximate

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Description

"Crying is Forbbiden Here!" Rachel Olewski-Zelmanowicz testimony: Born in Bedzin, talks about Jewish life before the war in Bedzin, ghetto roundups, rumors about extermination camps, deportation to Auschwitz, women orchestra in Auschwitz, expulsion to Bergen-Belsen, liberation.
Among those mentioned: Rachel's brother, Zalman Dov Ber (nickname - Dov Ben Barak), Betar Bedzin commander, participated in Sonderkommando revolt in Auschwitz and explosion of a crematorium; Molczadski, Rozka Rembiszewska, Moniek Merin (Head of Judenrat of Zaglembie, Sosnowiec and Bendin), Heikeh Klinger, Bobe Graubard, Hil [Yehiel] Grünbaum, Hilda Simhe, Mala Zimetbaum.