Relacja Mordechaja Żurawskiego z Chełmna nad Nerem
Testimony of Mordechaj Żurawski of Chełmno nad Nerem. My experiences in 1940
Author(s): Łucja Pawlicka-NowakContributor(s): Monika Polit (Editor)
Subject(s): Studies in violence and power, Victimology, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: Mordechaj Żurawski; death center; Chełmno nad Nerem (Kulmhof);
Summary/Abstract: Mordechaj Żurawski’s testimony in the Yad Vashem archives concerning his imprisonment in the death camp in Chełmno nad Nerem , given in 1947 i Yiddish, is an important source that reveals how the death center functioned, and shows the experiences of one the few prisoners who survived. We also learn about the author’s earlier experiences in labor camps and in the Łódź ghetto. Żurawski, who usually used the names Mordechaj Maks, was a butcher. He resumed his career as soon as the war was ended. In the 1950s he emigrated to Israel. After the war he testified a number of times about the criminal activities of the Germans in Chełmno.
Journal: Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 421-434
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish