Sieci przetrwania – przemytnicy z Podhala i Spisza w czasie Zagłady
Survival nets - smugglers from Podhale and Spisz during the Holocaust
Author(s): Karolina PanzSubject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: border zone; smuggling; Holocaust; escape across the border; Podhale; Spiš; Hasidim; Highlanders;
Summary/Abstract: This article summarizes a few dozen years of research on the Jewish-Highland smuggling networks which operated at the Polish-Slovakian border, particularly in Podhale and Spiš. It brifly presents the principles of their operation during the interwar period and the importance of the border for the inhabitants of the borderland. It describes the changes that occurred in the functioning and the role of the smuggling networks during World War II, when that illegal activity became the basis of the survival of Jews living in Podhale. The main part of the article reconstructs the network of relations and events during 1943–1944 which made it possible to use contacts with the smugglers and their paths in Podhale, Spiš, Orava, and Liptov so as to rescue hundreds of Jews from the General Government.
Journal: Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 86-128
- Page Count: 43
- Language: Polish