Bełk i inne miejsca. Opowieść o dziesiętnikach-zastawnikach
Belk and other places. The story of decurions-pledges
Author(s): Joanna Tokarska-BakirSubject(s): Jewish studies, Oral history, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: Holocaust in Polish provinces; peasants and the Holocaust; hunting for Jews (Judenjagd); bystanders; helpers; oral history; August trials;
Summary/Abstract: This article is based on the documentation of two August trials (procesy sierpniowe) and oral history from the Pińczów area collected by Professor Dionizjusz Czubala’s team. It reconstructs the reality of the Jews’ hiding in the forests of Mierzwin municipality in Jędrzejów county. The key event in that fight for survival was the manhunt conducted in the winter of 1943, organized by inhabitants of the village of Bełk without any participation of the Germans. It resulted from a misunderstanding regarding the system of control imposed by the occupier and connected with the category of hostages-pledgees-decurions.
Journal: Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 138-167
- Page Count: 30
- Language: Polish