„Skoczkowie” – ucieczki z pociągów deportacyjnych na przykładzie getta białostockiego: warunki, uczestnicy i praktyki
"Jumpers" - escapes from deportation trains on the example of the Białystok ghetto: conditions, participants and practices

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the escapes of Jews from deportation trains going from the Białystok ghetto to Treblinka II. Based on the survivor testimonies regarding the two great deportation campaigns in February and August 1943, the author analyzes who, in what circumstances and how escaped from those trains, and whether those were spontaneous or organized escapes. The author pays particular attention to the Jews associated in organizations, who both individually and in groups made it possible for the deportees to escape from the freight cars, also in mass numbers. The escapes from deportation trains are seen as an important part of the Jewish resistance to the Nazi extermination policy.

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