Dworzec Wschodni From Warsaw

  • NO
  • From Warsaw
  • Praga
  • Dworzec Wschodni
  • in the Ghetto
  • economic
  • communication

  • The Jews loaded goods under the benches in a tram, in order to smuggle them into the ghetto.

  • The testimony consists of Tadeusz Buza's deposition given to the Jewish Historical Institute in 1965, written and verified by the then head of the Institute's Archives, Tatiana Bernstein: 5 pages marked with the letter 'Z', which stands for deposition ('zeznanie'); Leon Schachter's affidavit – 1 page marked with the letter 'O', which stands for affidavit ('oswiadczenie') and testimony of Tadeusz Buza, born 21 July 1911 in Warsaw, member of the Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy (Zwiazek Bojownikow o Wolnosc i Demokracje, ZboWiD), ID No. 017497, written by dr Ruta Sakowska on 20 December 1975, 3 pages marked with the letter 'R', which stands for testimony (relacja). The testimony describes the tram transit traffic through the ghetto; food smuggling ('szmugiel') on the trams; the authors enlistment in the auxiliary service of the Wehrmacht as a Red Cross ambulance driver; illegal transport of Jews from the eastern regions to the Warsaw ghetto; the author's hiding of Leon Schachter in Warsaw, following his escape from the Lvov ghetto. <b>Archive of the Jewish Historical Institute </b>
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  • 1 Z