„Agentem nie byłem”. Przyczynek do biografii szefa Sonderkommando w getcie łódzkim oparty na materiałach procesowych Sądu Honorowego w Monachium (1949) oraz na wywiadzie udzielonym Itzikowi Kupersteinowi (1974)
“I Was Not an Agent”: A Contribution to the Biography of the Head of the Sonderkommando in the Łódź Ghetto Based on the Trial Materials of the Honorary Court in Munich (1949) and on an Interview With Itzik Kuperstein (1974)
Author(s): Monika PolitSubject(s): History, Jewish studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of the Holocaust
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Dawid Gertler; getto łódzkie; Sonderkommando; kolaboracja; Sąd Honorowy
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is an analysis of the procedural documents of the Honorary Court in Munich and an interview conducted by David Gertler with Itzik Kuperstein. Gertler, during the war the head of the Sonderkommando in the Łódź ghetto, appeared before the Honorary Court in 1949, but was ultimately not tried. During the preparations for his trial, dozens of witness statements were collected, as well as statements by Gertler himself. In 1974, he agreed to give an interview to a doctoral student at the Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies. The interview, recorded on magnetic tapes, is Gertler’s extensive account of his life before, during, and after the war.
Journal: Studia Judaica
- Issue Year: 28/2025
- Issue No: 55
- Page Range: 115-136
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish
