„Przekroczyłem granicę…” Relacje uciekinierów z okupowanej Polski z 1940 r.
"I crossed the border..." Testimony of refugees from occupied Poland in 1940
Author(s): Agnieszka HaskaSubject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, Migration Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: war testimonies; Jews; escapes from occupied Poland; United Committee of Help to Polish Jews; Mandatory Palestine;
Summary/Abstract: The author presents a little-known collection of testimonies of refugees who fled to Palestine. The testimonies were recorded in 1940 in Tel Aviv by the United Committee for Help to Polish Jews. They were published during the war, from May 1940 to September 1941, in Polish as well as in Hebrew and English. This selection includes testimonies of people who discussed the details of their escape from occupied Poland. The bulletins that include the testimonies are stored at Yad Vashem: fond M.4, Rescue Committee (Vaad Hahatzalah) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, file numbers 219 and 220.
Journal: Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 475-491
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Polish