Chapter 4 Flashcards
who is Tadeusz Pankiewicz
righteoue pole in Cracow - pharmasist
only non-jew pole allowed in cracow
Him and his nurses risked their lives to provide medicine and care for the jews
during the deportation process in the ghettos how were jews treated
horribly
they were forced out of their homes - some in underwear
SS guards trip crippled man, blind man
laugh and take pictures
what mitzvah was treated with the utmost respect in eastern europe
kibbud av veim
who is moshe flinker
15 yr old boy from The Hague Holland living in Brussles, Belgium w/ false identification papers
Story told by Moshe Flinker:
went to the shammas to buy clothes and bread
went to house - rang multiple times
rang diff bell and woman came to the door shaking
he asked if the ppl were homes - lady said they had been taken away in a car
she showed him doors covered with swastika
sees non-jews r happy
how were the flinkers found by the germans
who from the family died and who survived
betrayed by german sympathizers and were arrested on erev pesach
sent with 1,000 other belgiaan jews to Auschwitz
father mom and moshe were gassed right away
his three sisters survived and showed his diary to the world
When Jews arrived to a death camp (what kind of camp)
What would they see
Death camp = Treblinka
They would see number of clocks telling them times of diff cities in Europe
Why were there clocks at a death camp
Which one
TREBLINKA
The Germans would psychologically trick the Jews to calm them down
So with the clocks the Jews were meant to think that they’re at a railway station
If the Jews weren’t rushed what would they notice about the clocks
They were fake
What did the Germans place over the gas chambers
Where
DEATH CAMP
They placed a velvet cover for the holy ark with words of tehillim
What did it say on the paroches (velvet covering)
Zeh hashaar laHaShem tzaddikim yavo’u come
This is a gateway to GD
The righteous shall pass through
How big was Auschwitz’s
What was next to it
The concentration camp was as big as Manhattan
Birkeanu- largest death camp
What were the Germans big on?
Examples
Precision Perfection Efficiency
The trains carrying the Jews to AUSHWITZ had to be on time, but needed permission from Berlin first
Always in a big rush in concentration or death camps
When the Jews arrived to concentration camp what would happen right away
Which one
AUSHWITZ
Men and women were separated
There were barking German shepard dog and the officers shouting at them
What would the Jews be lined up for
Selection process
For which Jews would become slaves in concentration camps
In Auschwitz’s how many were picked to be a slave
1 out of 10
The Jews split in how many lines
This was the last time that….
Two
One for men
One for women
Children saw their mothers or fathers
How would the selection process work
A German doctor would look at them for a fraction of a second and tell them to go left or right
Who was sent to the left
Who was sent to the right
Left- 9 out of 10 lews
Including all little children under 12
Right - young healthy looking Jews worked as slaves on starvation diets
What was the food given to the Jewish slaves
Piece of bread
Bowl of dirty water with scraps of potatoes
Most of them died within two months
Since the Germans were always rushing within how many hours would the Jews be gassed
Within two
The Jews who were taking the luggage would tell mothers to do what
Why
Where
AUSHWITZ
To give their children to the older people
If a mother was seen with a child they will both die
If the child is given away
At least the mother would survive
What would the Jewish slaves whisper to talk Jewish boys and girls
To say they are older than they are
So they’re sent to work instead of to death
What would happen if a Jewish slave was caught speaking to the Jews getting off the cattle trains
Would be immediately shot
By late 1942 what did polish Jews know
About gas chambers
And that they were being deported to be killled
How many polish Jews had been killed?
And how did they get the info
Over 2 million
Some escapees from the camps had returned to the ghettos and reported what was happening
In the rest of Europe did Jews know what was happening
No
Believe they were sent to do hard work
What did Germans force the Hungarian Jews to do
Write postcards to family and friends that everything is fine before they went to gas chambers
What were the Greek lews of Salonica given
What were they told
Polish money in exchange for their
Greek money
To bring umbrellas because it’s raining in Poland
