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Aachen (): 4-5. 6. 398 Arbuz, Chaim: killed. 327 Aaron (a doctor): in . 287 Ariel Restaurant (Cracow): 183. 184 Aaron (from OpoCZIlO): recalls a Armenians: in Lvov, 221 deportation. 337-9 ArmiaKrajowa (wartime ): 193.327 Aaron. Israel: settles. 21 Armia Ludowa (wartime Poland): 186. Aaron. [ehuda: becomes Chief Rabbi 265, 266. 327 (1552).287 Aron, Reb Yehuda: in Chelm, 239 Abraham: and Isaac. 80. 204 Artists of Terezin (Gerald Green): 76 Abrahamer, [akub Chaim: his tombstone. Asch, Sholem: stimulates discussion. 256 177 Aschersleben (Germany): 16 Abramow (Poland): 332 Ashton-Gwatkln, Frank: and Abramowica, R6zia: in the . 'Czechoslovakia betrayed'. 57 310 Association of Jewish Artisans (Wlodawa): Adam and Eve: 247 256 Adampol (near Wlodawa): 259-60. 262 Atlanta (Georgia): 41 Adele (a new bride): sceptical. 299 Auerbach. Simeon: a teacher. 239 Adenauer, Konrad: 8. 26 Auschwitz (Austria-. later Adige Valley (Italy): 135 Poland): 2. 54. 119. 120. 139. 143-4. Adlon Hotel (Berlin): 26 286. 388 Adolf-Hitler-Platz: in wartime Cracow. '' (summer 1944): 160 184; in wartime Lublin. 273. 274 Auschwitz-Birkenau: deportations to. from Ahavat Haim prayer house (Cracow): 187 France. 2-3. 312-3; from Paris. 292. Ajzyk Synagogue (Cracow): 183 354; from the LodzGhetto. 8. 125-6; 'Alamein Security' (Warsaw): 301 from Italy. 134-6; from Galicia. 196. Albania: 44 n.2 197-8. 199; from Theresienstadt, 8. 31, Albright, Madeleine K. : and the fate of her 32. 69. 73. 79. 82-9. 93. 101, 105; grandfather. 68 n.I from Germany. 31, 42; from Bielsko­ All Rivers Run to the Sea (ElieWiesel): 136- Biala, 138; from Hungary. 77. 136-7. 7 403; from Czechoslovakia. 108-120-1; Altana Family Camp ( forests): 265 from Rhodes. 121-2; from Norway. Alterman. Szlomo: killed. 327 394; an exhibition concerning. 47; and Altneuschule (): 61, 69-70 Chelm, 240; and Maidanek, 278. 280; Amsterdam (Holland): 2 survivors of. 48. 396; Poles deported to. Ancient Egypt: 316 305; deportees from. 97. 110; escapees Anielewicz. Mordechai: his headquarters. from. 114. 127-31. 161-8; and the 318; his award. 319; his last letter. 319 main railway line. 295. 403; and Anne Aninka and Pepicek: their story. 94 Frank. 76; modem-day visitors to. 116. Ankerman (from Wlodawa): his fate. 258 306.144-75.183.184,187.400-1. Antwerp (Belgium): 290 405; crosses at. 159. 173. 377; and The Apostle (Sholem Asch): 256 faith. 340 458 INDEX

Australia: 109 Belgium: 3. 236. 334 AusOia:20. 228. 334. 376. 377 Belsen (concentration camp): 13. 84. 215. Austria-Hungary (Baedecker): 180, 206 365 n.I Ave Maria (Schubert): 302 Belzec (death camp): 5, 14, 176. 195. 198. Azoulai, Rabbi Haim David: his 200.201.205.206.208,209.209­ commentary. 136 18. 219. 220. 225. 227-8. 229. 239. 240. 249, 250. 254. 270. 273. 280. (mass murder site): 246 283.284,286.289.293.295.332. Babylon: 76 380.397,400.401.405 Bachner (a dentist): escapes. 220 Belzyce (Poland): 287 Baczkow (Western Galicia): 195 Ben-Gurion Airport (Israel): 73, 194 Bad Lippspringe (Germany): and Russian Ben-Gurion, David: and reparations, 8 slave labourers. 11 Bendlerstrasse (Berlin): 24. 47 Bad Pyrmont (Germany): 12 Benes, Edvard: his picture. 60 Bad Schandau (Germany): 56 Berdichev, Abba: a parachutist. 115 Baeck, Rabbi Leo: in Berlin. 36; in Berdichever Rebbe: his commentary. 136 Theresienstadt. 84. 92. 93. 397 Beregszasz (Ruthenia): 160. 170 BaedeckerGuideBooks: 1, 56. 143-4. 180. Berg, Robert: a survivor. 332. 335 202.206.274.286 Bergen-Belsen: seeindexentry for Belsen Baghdad: 4 Bergmann, Gretel: unable to compete, 41 Balaban. Dr. Majer: lectures. 304 Berlin (Germany): 17-8. 19-39.40-52, Balfour Day (2 November): in 1942. 225 91.92.215.246.253.326.402 Bandet, Matilda: her decision. and her fate. Berlin andIts Environs (Baedeker): 1 194-5 Berlin Wall: 27 Hanska Bystrica (Slovak Republic): 120 BerlinwaIks (Peter Fritzsche and Karen Barak. Hanoch: erects a monument. 378 Hewitt): 35 Baranowicze (Poland. later ): 337 Berman. Adolf: an eye witness. 317. 322- Bardgett. Suzanne: 49. 140. 336. 354 3 The Bartered Bride (Smetana): 85 Bernstein. Rudolf: his memorial stone, 42 Baruch. Bernard: succeeds. 391 Berson, Mejer: his hospital. 298 Baruch. Simon: emigrates. 391 Berson's and Bauman's Hospital (Warsaw): Battle of Alamein (1942): 295. 301 298 Baum, Herbert: memorials to. 19. 30. 40 Beskid Mountains (White Carpathians): Bauman. Janina: recalls a Ghetto concert. 113. 123 302 Betar Orchestra (Wlodawa): 256 Bauman. Paulina: her hospital. 298 Beuthen (Upper Silesia): 173 Baumlnger, Arieh: commemorates Bezalel, Rabbi: his grave, 108 heroism. 187 Biala Podaska (Poland); 269 Bauminger.Heszek:killed.187 Biale Lake (Wlodawa): 254. 255 Becalel, Mosze. Szoszana: on a memorial, Bialystok (Poland): 44.73.85.298.337 315 Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Rome): 8 Beck. Elieser: and an 'anteroom to hell'. Bielefeld (Germany): 396 116 Bielsko-Biala (Poland): 138-9. 321 Bedda-Lohner, Fritz: his fate. 110 Bierman. John: and the Fahn family saga. Bejski, Mojsze: his testimony. 176-7 121-2 Belarus. Republic of: 258. 259. 274 Biezanow (Cracow): 176 Belchatow (Poland): 307. 354. 378. 380 Bilgoraj (Poland): 224-5 Belgitska Street (Prague): 61 Bilky (Ruthenia): 160 INDEX 459

Birkenau: seeindex entry for Auschwitz- Breslau Front (1945): 54 Birkenau Brest-Litovsk (Belarus): 294 Binningham (England): 272 Bridyle, Jiry: in Svitavy. 112 Birnbaum. Lola: her house. 385 Britain: 37.41. 57. 61. 109, 195.261 Birnbaum. Stephen: a good guide. 22. 33- British Army of Occupation on the Rhine 4 ' (B.A.O.R.): 11 Biskowitz. Yaakov: recalls a revolt, 253 British India: 76 Bismarck. Otto von: 34. 398 British Military Cemetery (Berlin): 41 Black Death (14th Century): 3. 14. 16,21 British Passport Control Office (Berlin): 25 Blankenstein, Hermann: 35 Brooklyn (New York): 326 Blaricum (Holland): 253 Browning, Christopher: readings from, Blaszczynska. Teresa: in Konln, 386-7 268, 278-9 Blatt. Tom: a survivor. 236-7 Brummer (a baker): 355 Block 25 (Birkenau): 149-50 Brundibar (children's opera): 94, 98 Bloomstein, Rex: his film. 137 Brunnlitz (Sudetenland): 112. 191 Blunt, Sergeant L. J.: taken prisoner. 192 Brussels (Belgium): 3. 398 Bochnia (Poland): 195-6 Bryan Adams: an advertisement for. and a Bocian, Wolf: in Cracow, 182 Star of David, 307 Bodleian Library (Oxford): 70 Brzesko (Western Galicia): 196 Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate): 45. Bucharest (Roumania): 82 60, 68. 69. 83. 116 Buchenwald (concentration camp): 96, 97, Bohemian Museum (Prague): 62 332. 344 Bohusovice (): 58. 81-3. (Hungary): 77, 82, 131. 145, 85, 96, 124 316 n.I Bojarski (a farmer): helps, 237 Budy (Poland): 220 'Bomb Alley' (Kent): 1 Bug River (Poland): 51. 240. 249, 258, Bonako (magazine): 90 259,260,261.266.270,293,326. Bonn, H.: killed, 69 328, 329, 339. 344 Borensztajn's laundry (Warsaw): 301 Bugaj Woodwork Factory (Piotrkow): 10. Boris, King of Bulgaria: 334 358, 363 Borki Woods (execution site): 246-8. 280 Buhler, Dr. Josef: at Wannsee, 45. 46 Borstein, Dr. Bernard: in Cracow, 181 Bulgaria: 334 Boyd, Jon: v, 74, 116,241,259.275. Buna (industrial complex, Auschwitz): 295, 306, 319, 320. 380. 389, 398, 143, 145. 175 400,403 Buntrock, S.S. Sergeant: 163-4 Bracha (from Opoczno): deported, 338, 339 Burger. Anton: a commandant, 88 Brams, Dr. Maurycy: shot. 347 Burtscheid (Germany): 4, 6 Brams, Hannah: shot, 347 Butchovsky family: and Schindler, 112 Brandenburg, Margrave of: 21 Bystrzyca River (Lublin): 276 Brandenburg Gate (Berlin): 25, 52 Bzura River (Poland): 372 Brandt. Willy: his lecture, 48 Bratislava (): lIS, 116, 120, 133 Cadca (Slovak Republic): 120, 122. 123, Bratislava-Cracow Express: 119, 133 131 Braun. Eva: 27 Cafe Adler (Berlin): 28 Braunschweig (Germany): 14-15 Cafe (Prague): 64 Brecker. Amo: a favourite. 23 Cafe Oren (Berlin): 36 Brenner Pass (Italian-Austrian border): Cafe Pierrot (Chelm): 241-2 135 Calais (France): 2 460 INDEX

Canada: 157, 199, 336 Cieme (Slovak Republic): 123 '' (Auschwitz-Birkenau): 157-8 Cieszanow (Poland): 208 Canecky: a common surname, 124, 132; Cifea, Tibor: a partisan, 114 a helper, 131 Clarke, Flight Sergeant John D.: killed in 'Captain of Kopenick': 52-3 action, 192 Carlisle Journal: a reporter on, 243 Clasen (of the S.S.): heads 'Clearance Caro, Rabbi Joseph: his code, 182-3 Commando, 285 Carpathian Mountains: 207 Cohen, Samuel: and an anthem, 60 Casimir the Great, King (of Poland): 179, Cohen, Sergeant Samuel: his grave, 42 180 Cologne (Germany): 8-9, 225, 312, 398 The Castle (Kalka): 72 Columbia University Press: 264 Catholic University of Lublin: 272, 284, Commonwealth War Graves Commission: 288 41 Cech (a patriarch): 105 Congregation of the Jewish Faith (Cracow): Cegielnia (Polan~): 341 180 Central America: passports for, 312-3 Constantine, Emperor: 8 Cesky Brod (Czech Republic): 107 Constantinople: 68 Chambers Dictionary of World History Cori, Gerta Theresa: a Nobel prizewinner, (1993): 315 n.l 69 Channel Tunnel: 1, 398 Cornides, Wilhelm: passes Belzec, 211-2 Chanukah: and faith, 203 Cosmos (his chronicle): 64 The Charge of the Light Brigade (film): 356 Council of Four Lands: 287, 288 Charlemagne: 4, 398 Couturier, Claude Vaillant: at Birkenau, Charles I, King: beheaded, 240 149-50 Charles Bridge (Prague): 71-2 Coward, Charles: honoured, 143 Checkpoint Charlie (Berlin): 28-9, 36 Cracow (Poland): 44, 119, 140-1, 142, Chelm (Poland): 24, 67, 211, 225, 239- 169, 175, 178-84, 185-94, 194-5, 46,249,287 196,197,203,206,220,238,307 'ChelmIl': postal cancellation, 273 Cracow Gate (Lublin): 274 Chelmno (death camp): 9, 42,51, 79, 137, Croatia: 44 n.2, 45, 116, 403 304, 354, 366, 368-9, 372, 373-4, Cross of GrUnewald: awarded. 319 375,376-83,388,397,401,405 Cross of Sacrifice (British Military Cherwell River (Oxford): 16 Cemetery, Berlin): 41, 42 Chladkova, Ludmila: her guide book, 85 Cygamia Cafe (Cracow): 185-6, 187 Chmielnicki, Bodgan: attacks and Czech, Danuta: a chronicler, 173 massacres by (seventeenth century): Czech Republic. 57. 107-13 219,221,224,239-40,255,287 Czechoslovakia: 44, 57, 72, 77.92, 101, Christian, Mr. (a manager): 'a good 109,115,228,236.273,301,334. Christian', 362 376, 377 Christopher Columbus: 12, 110 'Czechoslovakia Betrayed': 57 The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto (ed. Lucjan Czechowice-Dziedice (Poland): 139 Dobroszycki): 369-71 Czerniakow, Adam: his dilemma. and Church of the Virgin Mary (Warsaw): a death, 301-2; and Jewish Child's Day, priest from, his good deeds, 303 302: his grave, 324 Churchill, Winston: 'Are we beasts?', 10; Czestochowa (Poland): 111, 208. 332, 336 'invoke me if necessary', 144; and Goebbels, 394 Dabie (Poland): 369. 375, 376, 378 Chwila (A Moment): 178 Dachnow (Poland): 208 INDEX 461

Danish Legation (Berlin): 22 Edelstein. Jakub: in Therestenstadt, 84 Danube River: 64 Eden, Anthony: and the bombing of Darmstadt (Germany): 63 Auschwitz. 144 David. King (of Israel): 65 Edward VIII. King: and a boy from Chelm, Death Avenue (Treblinka): 333 245 Debica (Poland): 199-200 Egypt: 243. 351 Deblin (slave labour camp): 332 Egyptian Legation (Berlin): 25 Decin (Czech Republic): 57 Eichenbaum. Samuel: his gift. 288 Denmark: 20. 174 Eichmann. Adolf: 3. 37. 42. 46. 84. 176. Denmark. King of: 77 380-1 Department of Confiscated Enemy Property (killing squads): 259 (Lublin): 284 Einstein. Albert: 29. 35. 68. 386 Deuteronomy: 171 Eisinger. Walter: inspires. 86 Dick. Rabbi (Chief Rabbi of Berlin): 38-9 Ekstein, Pavel: executed. 114 Dicker-Brandejsova, Friedl: in River: 16. 17. 55-9. 81, 104. 109 Theresienstadt, 90 Elijah. Rabbi (of Chelm): 67 Dnieper River: 64 Emalia Factory (Cracow): 191, 194. 363 Dobroszyckl, Lucjan: liberated. 102; and a Encyclopaedia fudaica: 4. 116 horrific testimony. 374 Engel, Kurt: a 'lord of life and death', 229 Dohany Street Synagogue (Budapest): 34 English Channel: 2 Doksany (Czech Republic): 81 Ephraim. Veitel Heine: rewarded. 21-2 Dolni Zleb (Czech Republic): 57 Eppstein, Dr.: in Theresienstadt, 84. 90-1. Dolp, Hermann: a commandant. 283 92. 93 Dom Turysty Hotel (Cracow): 141 Epstein. Maurycy: murdered. 309 Dombrowska, Esther: shot dead. 312 Erler. Rudolf: killed. 154 Donat. Alexander: an eye witness. 317-8 Erlin (a pharmaclst): charitable. 256 Dora and Fania (in Warsaw): their fate. Eschweiler (Germany): 6 312 Esplanada Cafe (Cracow): 186 Dorebus, [ozef leads revolt. 155 Essen (Germany): 396-7 Dorfrnann.Ruth: at Treblinka. 333 Esterka (in Warsaw): caught. 310. 311 Dostoyesvsky, Fedor: 86 Esther (from Garwolin): escapes. 292 Draney (deportation centre. Paris): 254. Esther (Queen): in Cracow. 179 313 : 44 Drelkopf Mot!: survives. 360 Estonian Legation (Berlin): 24 Dresden (Germany): 54-5 Estonians: as guards. 229. 230. 232. 236 Dresden Barracks (Theresienstadt): 99. Ethics of the Fathers: 181 100-1 Eupen (Belgium): 4 Dresden-Prague Railway: 106 Eupen, Captain Theo: a commandant. 329 Duisburg (Germany): 397 Euphrates River: 77 Dunajov (Slovak Republic): 122 'Eureka': 178 Dunand, Georges: tries to help. 115 Europa Hotel (Lublin): 274 DUsseldorf (Germany): 370. 397 European Timetable (Thomas Cook): 119 Dutch businessmen: a disguise. 131, 168 Exodus (Leon Uris): 77 Dzialoszyce (Poland): 176. 195 'Factory Action': in Berlin. 32; in Essen. East Finchley (London): 1 397 Bdels, Shmuel Leizer Ben Yehuda: a Fahn family: their fate. 122 teacher. 239 Fahn, Sidney: his saga. 121-2 462 INDEX

Faiga (Zelik's daughter): and an act of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke: the fate of his revenge, 262-3 assassin, 105 Failure of a Mission (Sir Nevile Henderson): Frederick the Great: 21 29 Freese. Willi: killed. 154 Falstein, Louis: publishes names (1963), Freiburg, Dov: an eye witness to revolt. 309 252. 255 The Family Moskat (I. B. Singer): 298-300 Fresz's bakery (Warsaw): 301 Fasanenstrasse Synagogue (Berlin): 38 Freund. John: recalls Theresienstadt, 86. Feder. Dr.: an 'esteemed rabbi'. 109 90. 94. 98. 101. 106 Felczer, [ekele: in Cracow. 182 Fridrich, Zalcman: killed. 327 Felhendler, Leon: helps lead a revolt. 253 Friedmann. David: in Zilina, 115 Femina Music Theatre (Warsaw): 302 Friedlander, Field Marshal: in Ferdinand Ill, King (of Bohemia): 61 Theresienstadt, 93 Ferrer. Saint Vincent: in Prague, 72 Friedlander. Saul: his memories of Prague. Fetman's wine store (Warsaw): 301 79-81 Fettka, Erich: a courier, 273 Fritzsche. Peter and Hewitt. Karen: their Feuermann, J.: killed in action. 124 guide book. 35 Fichtencwejg. Dov: 208 Froman (a grocer): 355 Fighting Back. A Memoirof Jewish Resistance Fromer. Rabbi Arie Tzwi: becomes rector, in World War II (Hersch Werner): 264 289 Finder. Pawel: murdered. 321 Fuchs. Hertha: gives refuge. 55 Finkelstein family: from Russia. 73 Fuchs. Kurt: killed. 55 Flnkelstone, Joe: his memories of Chelm, Fuks, Chaim (later Harry Fox): at 243-6 Hortensja, 364; and the arrival of the Finkelstone, Shapseh: his 'subterfuges', Germans in Tuszyn, 367 244 Fuks, [ona (later John Fox): his Finland: 44 n.2 recollections, 366-7 First Crusade (Eleventh Century): 8, 64 FUrth (): 160 First World War (1914-18): 1. 10. 15. 19. 24,37,42,52.57.95.124.196.207. Gabcik, Josef: betrayed, 63; killed, 64 240. 257. 311, 391. 392 Galilee (Palestine): 256 Fischer (a factory owner): 358. 361 Galinski. Dr. Heinz: his grave. 42 Flossenburg (concentration camp): 89. Garfinkel (in Zamosc): listens to an eye 250 witness, 228 Flynn. Errol: stars. 356 Garrison Army House (Theresienstadt): 99 Foggia (Italy): 192 Garrison Hotel (Lublin): 271 The Fools of Chelm and their History (Isaac Gartner. Ella: executed. 155 Bashevis Singer): 242 Garwolin (Poland): 291 Fossoli (Italy): 134 Gebirtig, Mordechai: 'nothing will remain', Fountain Park (Theresienstadt): 100. 103 190 Fraenkel, Edith: executed. 40-1 Geller's barbershop (Warsaw): 301 Fraenkel, Rachael: v, 78.402-3 (of Poland): 44. 45 France: 2-3, 20, 22. 44. 45,57.174.199. Vas Generalgouvernement (Baedeker): 180, 253,261,334 202.274.286 Franco. Francisco: 22 Genesis: an inscription from, 374-5 Frank. Anne: at Belsen, 13; at Auschwitz. Genghis Khan: his reputation, 315 76 Genia (deported to Auschwitz): 125-6 Frankfurt-on-Oder (Germany): 394 George (a driver): 78. lOS, 107 INDEX 463

Gerda (a prisoner): 172 Goldberg. Moniek: in Theresienstadt, 96 Gennany: a journey through, 4-18, 52-7, Golden Donkey Restaurant (Lublin): 274 394-5, 396-8; prisoners-of-war of, and Golden Military Cross: awarded, 223 a deception, 85; and an enthusiastic Goldene Medine (the ): 206 reception for, 138; doctors from, 144; Goldfried family: their factory, 355 Jews from, 236, 301, 334, 376, 377 Goldhersz, Hersz: his tombstone, 349 Gerron, Kurt: a film, and his fate, 91, 92 Goldsobel, Dr. Leon: a partisan (1863), Gershom, Joseph ben: 21 223 Gerstein, Kurt: at Belzec, 212-5 Goldstein's Clothing Factory (Berlin): 33 : 3, 28, 31, 32, 35, 44, 47, 73, Goldwasser, Michael: born in Konin, 384 105,129,173,186, 191-2, 196, 198, Goldwasser, Shlomo: escapes, 291 201,238,262,271,283,302,313, Goldwater, Barry M.: a grandson of Konin, 347, 358, 370-1, 376 384 Ghetto Fighters' Square (Cracow): 187-8 Golem: in Prague, 65-7, 222 Ghetto Fighters' Street (Warsaw): 306 Gomberg (a Ghetto policeman): 344 Ghetto Theresienstadt (Zdenek Lederer): 248 Goniec Chelmskie (Chelm): 242 Giladi, Ben: his journal, 361 n.l Gorbachev, Mikhail: and a Soviet historical Gilbert, David: visits Berlin, 22 crime, 308 Gilbert, Joshua: and the fools of Chelm, Gothelf, Yeruham and Yaakov: escape, 291 242 Grabow (Poland): 363-5, 387, 398 Gilbert, Shlomo: deported to Treblinka, 313 Gradowski, Salmen: his buried notes, at Ginz, Petr: at Theresienstadt, 86, 96, 97 Birkenau, 151-2 Ginzova, Eva: 'Dear God .. .', 96 Great Fire of London (1666): 205 Glatter, Dr. Leon: shot, 347 Great Synagogue (Warsaw): 303-4 Globocnik, S.S. Brigadier: and the death Greece: 116, 160,334,403 camps, 212, 225, 272; in Lublin, 272, Green, Gerald: and the word '', 273,283,284-6,286 76; and Theresienstadt, 91-2. 98 Glowaczow (Poland): 96 Greek Legation (Berlin): 24 Glueckel of Hameln: 12 Griner, Chaim: his memorial, 237-8 Gniezno (Poland): 344 Griner, [akub: converts, 237-8 Goch, Eugeniusz: helps, 228 Groag, Gertrud: survives, III God: appealled to. 96; and exile. 136; and Grodno (Poland, now Belarus): 328, 337 a memorial prayer, 159; 'lost belief' in, Grojanowski, Yakov: an escapee from 172; and Kaddish at Belzec, 217-8; and Chelmno, 304, 373-5, 376, 381-3 Chelm, 242; his 'punishment', 284; a Gross, Ruth: in Berlin, 35 prayer to 'carved out of hunger and Groth, S.S. Sergeant Paul: his sadism. 254 misery', 311; faith in, 'never really in Growas, Mordechai: a partisan, 327 doubt', 340; and Chelmno, 379 Gruber, Captain Irving: in Gennany, 11 Goebbels, Dr. Joseph: 30, 31, 274, 394 Gruber, Mietek: leads an escape, 283; other Goering, Hermann: and the '', escapees join. 291 43 Gruber. Ruth Ellen: her guide book. 108 Goeth, Amon: a commandant, 176, 177, Grubsztajn's slaughterhouse (Warsaw): 199 301 'Gold from Peru' (exhibition): 49 Grunewald (Berlin): 17 Goldberg, Albert: murdered. 309 Gryn, Hugo: in Prague, 61, 65, 68. 72; Goldberg, Anna: in Cracow, 140-1, 142, and the Golem, 65-6; and Kafka, 72; 185 and faith, 203, 340; returns to Gennany, Goldberg, Aron: recalled, 185 396 464 INDEX

Grynszpan family: their house, in Piotrkow, 203,219,262,281,293,294,319, 360 320,403-4 Grynszpan, Hirsch: 13; his fatal act, 393-4 Harun al-Rashid: 4 Grynszpan. Zyndel: 12-13; his postcard, 'Harvest Festival' (Majdanek): 239, 247, 393 279 Grzybowski Place (Warsaw): a description Hasmdim: 197,219, 240,268,292, 316, of,298-300 385 A Guide to Jewish Lublin and Surroundings 'Hatikvah' (The Hope): 60, 357 (Andrzej Trzcinski): 271 Hautval, Adelaide: her courage, 159-60 A Guide to Jewish Warsaw (Ian Jagielskiand Hava ('very charitable'): her tombstone, Robert Pasieczny): 300-1 346 Gutter, Pinhas: his recollections, 316-7 Havel, Vaclav: 72 Guty (Poland): Russian prisoners-of-war Haynt (Yiddish daily newspaper): 302 murdered at, 328 Hebrew Club (Berlin): 37 Gypsies: 14, 107, 144, 170, 224, 281, Hebrew slaves: recalled, 316 371,377,382,388 Hebrew University (Ierusalem): 37 Hebrew World League (Berlin): 37 Ha-Shomer (youth organization): 256-7 Heckshom Point (Wannsee): 43 Haberbusch and Schiele Brewery (wartime Heerstrasse Jewish Cemetery (Berlin): 42 Warsaw): 301 Heine, Heinrich: translated into Hebrew, Hackenholt, Laurenzius Maria: at Belzec, 312 214 Heinz (a guard): 160 'Hackenholt Foundation': at Belzec, 213, Helfgott, Ben: on Day One, 1, 4, 5, 9-10, 214 11, 12; on Day Two, 19, 38; on Day Hagen (Germany): 10 Three, SO-I, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58. 59; on Haifa (Israel): 111 Day Four, 63, 71; on Day Five, 78, 82, Hala Targowa (Piotrkow): 354-5 83, 99-100, 100, 103, 104, 110, 111­ Halbenstock (at Plaszow): hanged, 176 12; on Day Six, 119, 124; on Day Seven, Halter, Roman: a slave labourer, 54; finds 159,174,175,178,181; on Day Eight, refuge 55 192,196-7,199,204,205; on Day Haman: defeated, 346 Nine, 227,238, 239-40,249,256, (Germany): 55, 70, 239, 273, 257,262,264-5; on Day Ten, 281-2, 370 292, 295; on Day Eleven, 301, 307, Hamburg Barracks (Theresienstadt): 96 309, 320; on Day Twelve, 326, 332, Hameln (Germany): 12 335-6, 339, 340, 341, 342-53; on Day Hammet, Flight-Lieutenant A. H.: evades Thirteen, 354-61, 376, 377-9, 386, capture, 192-4 387, 391, 392 Handler, Arieh: and Magdeburg, IS, 16- Helfgott, Ber: 10 17 Helfgott, Fishel: shot, 347 Handlowy Hotel (pre-war Warsaw): 305 Helfgott, Hania (now Ann Leigh): 358-9 Hanich, Joseph: in Belchatow, 307 Helfgott, Lusia: her fate, 345, 348 Hanna (an orphan): in the Warsaw Ghetto, Helfgott, Mala: survives, 348; her 310 birthplace, 355; and the liquidation of Hanover (Germany): 12-13, 70, 393 the Piotrkow Ghetto, 358-9 Hanover Barracks (Theresienstadt): 94 Helfgott, Moshe: his fate, 348, 359; his Hardy, Thomas: 'this will go onward the question, 363-4 same', 127-8 Helfgott, Rela: her fate, 378 Harris, Caroline: 62, 63, 103, 139, 178, Helfgott, Samuel: his fate, 378 INDEX 465

Hellgott, Sara: her fate. 345. 348; Hoess, Rudolf (at Auschwitz): 163 'something must be wrong'. 377 Hoffman, Camill: his fate. 108 Helmstedt (Germany): 15 Hoffman. Sergeant Ernst: a photographer, Henderson. Sir Nevile: 29 160 Heniek and Szymek (deported to Holle, Hermann: and God's punishment, Auschwitz): 126 284 Henoch, Lili: her fate. 31 Holland: 2. 92. 96. 150-1. 170. 174. 221. Herbesthal (Belgium): 4 252. 253 Hersh. Arek: liberated. 59-60; recalls the Holme. Sergeant F. W.: taken prisoner. 192 journey to Auschwitz. 125-6; recalls Holocaust Museum (Washington D.C.): 76 reaching Auschwitz. 145-6; recalls pre­ Holocaust (Gerald Green): 76 war life in Konin, 386; recalls a slave . the Jewish Tragedy (Martin labour camp, 390-1 Gilbert): 349. 381 Herszberg, Jerzy: a slave labourer. 15 Holocaust Poetry (Hilda Shiff. editor): 171 Herszkowicz, Eljasz: his house. 181 Holzer. Isaac: deported. 197 Herzl, Theodor: his daughter's fate, 102 Honduras (Central America): 313 Heszel, Rabbi [oszua: in Cracow. 182 Honigman (a custodian): in Lublin. 287 Heydrich, Reinhard: 28. 42-6,60.62.63. hope: and faith. 203 79. 83-4, 109. 211. 225. 377 Hopsler (a philanthropist): 256 High Synagogue (Prague): 69 Horbacki, Wladyslaw: gives shelter. 198 Hildesheim, Szymek: his terrible death. Horni Lidec (Czech Republic): 114 390-1 Horodenka (Eastern Galicia): 217 Hildesheim, Zalek: his fate, 377 Horst-Wessel-Strasse (wartime Lublin): Hiller. Moses and Helen: do not survive. 283 143; at Plaszow concentration camp. Hortensja Glass Factory (Piotrkow): 10. 176 358. 362-5 Hiller. Shachne: survives, 143 Hoser, Jan: in Warsaw. 297. 305. 306. Htmmler, Heinrich: his promise. 235; his 307. 316. 319 plans for Lublin. 271; his guard. 285 Hoskin. Herut: v, 132. 187. 275. 307. 'Himmlerstadt': 222. 278 320.341-2.354.388.404-6 Hirsch. Alice: executed. 41 Hotel BCAWilhelmsberg (Berlin): 18 Hirsch. Fredy: at Theresienstadt, 101 Hotel Harctur (Warsaw): 294. 296 Hirschsprung family: its fate. 2-3 Hotel Kamena (Chelm): 242 Hlrszman, Chaim: survives. and gives Hotel Kolonial (Skalite): 124. 132. 133 testimony. 215-6. 220; shot. 273 Hotel Konin (Konln): 387 Hirszman, Pola: gives testimony, 273 Hotel Polom (Zilina): 116 Hitler. Adolf: 5. 11. 23. 24. 26. 28. 34. Hotel Trybunalski (Piotrkow): 353 47. 51. 57. 69. 77. 91. 109. 235. 240. Hotel Unia (Lublin): 282. 286 245.247.257.273.281,285. 391 n.I, Hovevei Zion: seeindex entry Lovers of Zion 398 Hranice nad Morava (Czech Republic): 113 Hitler Youth: 5. 168 Hrubieszow (Poland): 225, 240. 247 Hiwis (volunteer Police units): in action. Hungary: 44.45. 69. 77. 116. 121. 144- 269 5.155.160.177.316 n.I, 403 Hllnka, Father Andrej: 'Father of the 'Hurrah': a password. 253 People'. 118 Hus, Jan: his statue. 66. 71 Hlinka Guard (wartime Slovakia): 114. 121. 130 If This Is A Man (Primo Levi): 147 Hoengen (Germany): 6 Imperial War Museum (London): 49. 64. 466 INDEX

74,142 '[armulka': on display, 257 'Improvement Action' (Theresienstadt): Jaroslaw (Poland): 205-7, 221, 287 90-1 Jawiszowice (Poland): 139 Indonesia Restaurant (Berlin): 27 Jayson, Angela: v, 139, 171,255,275, Institute of Judaic Studies (Warsaw): 304 295, 307, 319, 349, 350, 354, 361, International Building Exhibition (Berlin): 365 n.I, 378-9, 380, 403, 406 23 [erusalem: 16, 37,46, 64, 76-7, 112, Irish Republic (Eire): 44 n.1 255, 256, 288, 381 Iron Cross: 37, 214 [eski, Gustav: and an execution, 238-9 Iron Curtain (after 1945): 15 Jesus (of Nazareth): 72 Irving, Solly: his recollection, 291-2 Jew SUss (film): 66 Isaac (an Eighth Century guide): 4 Jewish Burial Society (Prague): 402 Isaiah: quoted- S, 95 Jewish Cemetery (Lodz): 368 isolation: a 'heavy yoke', 187 Jewish Cemetery (Lublin): 287-8 Israel, State of: 73, 111, 115-16, 121, Jewish Cemetery (Piotrkow): 346-50 143,199,239,243,280,346,359, Jewish Cemetery (Warsaw): 301, 324-5 378, 404 Jewish Child's Day (1942): 302 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: in Warsaw, Jewish Chronicle (London): 36, 243 303 Jewish Community House (Cesky Brod): Isslerlis, Rabbi Moses: in Cracow, 182-3 108 Italian Embassy (Berlin): 23-4 Jewish Councils: in Theresienstadt, 92, 93­ Italian Front (1915): 189 4; in Cracow, 191; in the Rzeszow Italian partisans: 250 region, 201; in Zamosc, 222, 228; in Italian prisoners-of-war (in German Markuszow, 290; in Warsaw, 301, 302, hands): 24, 247 317; in Opoczno, 339; in Piotrkow, 360; Italy: 54, 116, 121, 134, 174,221, 253; in Ozorkow, 372 and mass murder sites, 247, 248, 250; Jewish Dramatic Group (Wlodawa): 256 deportations from, 403 Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah): 14, 197 Izbica Lubelska (Poland): 228-37, 397 Jewish Fighting Organization (Poland): Izbica Kujawska (Poland): 369, 382 186, 187, 187-8, 201 Izbicki, John: in Berlin, 36 Jewish Football League (Theresienstadt): 91 Jewish Heritage Travel (Ruth Ellen Gruber): [ablunka Pass (Beskid Mountains): 113 108 [abotlnsky, Zev: his followers, 256 Jewish Historical District Commission [achowicz, Josef: saves, 176 (Lublin): 215 Jachowicz, Mrs.: and a Jewish child, 143 Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw): since Jackson, Michael: 78 n.1 1947, 304 Jacob: and 'the Gate of Heaven', 374-5 Jewish Hospital (Cracow): 180-1 Jacob, Ibrahim ibn: in Prague, 64 Jewish Hospital (Lublin): 270, 289 Jacob, Lili: her discovery, 160 Jewish Lending Library (Konin): 384 Jaffa (Ottoman Palestine): 16 Jewish National Home (in Palestine): Jagellonian Library (Cracow): 179 promised, 225 Jagielski, Jan (and Robert Pasieczny): their Jewish Orphanage (Lublin): 274 guide book, 300-1 Jewish Outpatients Clinic (Lublin): 274 Janota (a foreman): questioned, 363; saves, Jewish Parliamentary Club (Poland): 178 364 Jewish Social Self-Help (Warsaw Ghetto): Japanese: 'problems' with, 281 304 Japanese Embassy (Berlin): 23 Jewish Symphony Orchestra (Warsaw INDEX 467

Ghetto): 302 Kaziemierza (Poland): 193 Jewish Theatre (Warsaw): 294. 300 Kazimierz (Cracow): 175. 178-84 Jewish Town Hall (Prague): 68. 69 Kent (England): 1, 398 Jewish Working Men's Club (Wlodawa): Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928): 24 256 Kew Gardens (New York): 361 n.I Joachim. Marianne: executed. 40-41 Kharkov (Russia): trial at. 283 Job: his cry. 251 Kiddush Hashem: at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Joint Polish-Soviet Historical Commission 159; at Wlodawa. 258 (1989): 308 Kielce (Poland): 112. 225 [onasz, the son of Abraham: in Cracow. 181 Kiev (Ukraine): 64. 82. 196. 246. 278 Jones. Kathy: 142. 241, 320. 336. 354. (1938-40): 6 361 Kirshenbaum. Mordechai: escapes. 291 Jordan River: 350 Kirszenbau, Rachel: killed. 327 [oselewicz, Colonel Berek: killed in action Klappholz. Kurt: and the coming of war (1809). 292; a school named after. 355 (in 1939). 138-9 Joseph II. Emperor (of Austria): 99 Klarsfeld, Serge: his researches. 240 [ozef Pilsudski Prize: awarded. 181 Kleczany (Western Galicia): 201 [ubilat Hotel (Zamosc): 221 Klein. Frania: her fate. 356 Jiidische Rundschau (Berlin): and the Star of Klein. Gienek (Gershon): after liberation. David. 38 111-2; his home town. 356 [ullopol (Poland): deaths near. 270 Klein, [ozef shut. 347 [urkovitch, Alain: his fate. 3 Klein. Katriel: survives. 377 [utrzenka Club (Wlodawa): 256 Klein. Marcus: survives. 356 Klein. Martin: returns to Zilina. 115 Kabala: haunts. 136 Klein. Michael: murdered. 332 Kac, Samuel: in Cracow. 182 Klem, Ludwig: a 'lord of life and death'. Kadmsh:218. 348. 361 229 Kadri, Sadakat: his guide book. 66. 71 Klin, Simon: liberated. 101-2 Kafka. Emil: killed. 69 Klinzmann, Willi: at Treblinka station. 331 Kafka. Franz: in Berlin. 36; his birthplace. Klodawa (Poland): 369. 376. 381. 382 61, 68; his house. and novel, 72 Klug, Dora: works in Hortensia, 365 n.I Kafka. Ottla: her fate. 72-3 Klug family: remembered. at Chelmno, 378 Kalisz (Poland): 225 Klug, Fradel: in Belchatow, 307 Kaltenbrunner, Ernst: 28 Klug, Itzhak Mordechai: his tombstone. Kam, Jerzyk: deported. 351 349 Kamenetsky (a cantor): his tombstone. Klug, Mojsza Ruwu: murdered. 380 348; his house. 356 Klug, Ruda Persha: murdered. 380 Kaminski. Esther: her tombstone. 324 Klukowskl, Zygmunt: an eye witness. 226. Kara Glass Factory (Piotrkow): 363. 365 226-7.236 Karolowka (prisoner-of-war camp): 280 Knoblach, Edward: 33. 34 Karskl, Jan: an eye witness. 229-36 Knychala, Leon: his good deed. 31-2 Katowice (Poland): 134 Koch. Karl: at Matdanek, 278 Katyn Massacre (1940): 295. 308-9 Kock (Poland): the fate of the Jews of. 268 Katz. Edita: a partisan. 114 Kodicek family (Kolin. Czechoslovakia): Katz. Regina: her memorial stone. 42 109 Katzenelson. Yitzhak: an eye witness. 312; Kohn, Albert: and the . 59 his fate. 312-3 Kokut, Joseph: feared. 203 Kaufhaus des Westens (Berlin): 214 Kolin (Czech Republic): 108-10 468 INDEX

Kollwitz, Kathe: 29-30, 38 Labunie (Poland): 220 Kolo (Poland): 368, 375, 376, 378, 383 Lammers, Will and Mark: their sculpture, Kolo County (Poland): 369 31 Kolomyja (Eastern Galicia): 217 Lancut (Poland): 202-5, 220, 257, 398 Kommer, Szepel: a youth leader, 256 'The Land of Israel' (in Warsaw): 299 Komorowo (Poland): 328 Landau, Rafal: in Cracow, 182 Konigstein (Germany): 56 Landwehr Canal (Berlin): 20-1 Konin (Poland): 384-9, 398 Lanzman, Claude: and the film Shoah, 76 Konin, A Quest (Theo Richmond): 384 Lask (Poland): 378 Kopelman, [aakov: his tombstone, 288 Latvians: as guards, 229; as volunteers, Kopenlck (Germany): 52-3 269; in the Warsaw Ghetto, 316 'Kopenick Week of Blood': 53 Le Crotoy (France): 63 Korbel, Arnost: murdered, 68 n.l League of Nations: 24 Korczak, Janusz: an educator, 86; in Leczyca (Poland): 141, 372 Warsaw, 298,310-12,322-4; a Lederer, Zdenek: and Sobibor, 248 memorial to, at Treblinka, 335 Lehrte (Germany): 13 Koscielec (Poland): 384 Leibovicz orphans: 3 Kotouc, Kurt: in Theresienstadt, 86 Leine River (Germany): 12 Kovno (Lithuania): 326 Leipzig (Germany): 312 Kowale Panskie (Poland): 380 Leitmeritz (Sudetenland): 95, 99, 103-4 Krakowski, Shmuel: and 'anti-Semitic Lemberg: seeindex entry for Lvov tendencies', 327 Lenin, V. I.: 21 Krasa, Hans: his opera, and his fate, 94 Leningrad (Soviet Union): 326 Krasnystaw (Poland): 237, 238 Lens (France): 225 Krause (a doorman): in Lublin, 274 Leo Baeck College (London): 36 Krautwtrt, Maurycy: his sign, 191 Lepman and Rep's meat shop (Warsaw): Krauwiert (an engineer): hanged, 176 301 Kremer, Dr. Johann: at Birkenau, 144, Lerch (of the S.S.): heads 'Clearance 169 Commando', 295 Krieger, Mrs. (in Warsaw): her fate, 312 Leslau (Silesia): 227 (November 1938): 5, 6-7, Less, Hermann and Johanna: their 13, 17, 35-6, 38, 393-4 memorial stone, 42 Krosniewice (Poland): 369 Levi, Emilia: her death, 148 Krupp Munitions Works (Essen): 397 Levi, Primo: recalls a deportation to Krupp Villa (Berlin): 23, Auschwitz, 134-6; recalls reaching Krutzfeld, Police Lieutenant Wilhelm: his Auschwitz, 147-9; his poem 'Shema', good deed, 35-6 171 Krychow (slave labour camp): 238 Levit, Dr, Jan: his fate, 105 Kubis, Jan: betrayed, 63; killed, 64 Lewartowski, Josef: caught, and killed, 302 Kujawski family: a monument for, 378 Lewental, Salmen: and the revolt at Kunowice (Poland): 394 Birkenau, 153-4 Kunstadt, Dr. Eugen: his testimony, 120-1 Lewin, Rabbi Aaron: in Rzeszow, 201 Kupa Synagogue (Cracow): 183 Lewita, Rabbi Izaak: in Cracow, 182 Kurow (Poland): 291 Leyser, Karl: and the Ottonlans, 15-6 Kurowski, Aleksander: executed, 385 'Liberty': born, 341 Kutno (Poland): 369 Lichtenberg, Mosze Eliakim: his generosity Kutno County (Poland): 369 (in 1916), 257 Kuzmin, Major: a liberator, 101 Lichtenberg Station (Berlin): 40, 52 INDEX 469

Lichtenstein Palace (Prague): 73 Lublin (Poland): 8, 141, 209. 212. 215. Lichterfelde (Berlin): 30 225.229,247.253.269.270-5.309 Lichtheim, Richard: in Geneva. 9 Lublin. Yeshiva: 270. 288 Lidice (Czechoslovakia): destroyed. 109; Lubyanka Prison (Moscow): 308 and Chelmno, 377 Lucas. Eric: an eye witness. 6 Lieberose (concentration camp): 203. 396 Lucas, Michael: 6-7 Liebeskind, Adolf: attacks. 186 Luria. Szlomo ben [echiel (the Maharshal): Liebesklnd, Rivka: her recollections. 186 his tombstone. 288 Liebknecht, Karl: in Berlin, 20, 22. 29 Lustig, Hana (later Greenfield): her Liege (Belgium): 4 recollections. 108-9 Lille (France): 2-3, 225 Lustman's soap factory (Warsaw): 301 Lindblad. Marie: v, 50. 61, 103. 140. 218. Luther. Martin: his advice. 14 219,258.340 Lututow (Poland): 376. 377 Link. Louis: his fate. 32 Lutz. Charles: in Budapest. 77. 145 Lipowa Street Camp (Lublin): 247. 269. Luxemburg: deportations from. 376 272.278,283.291,295 Luxemburg. Rosa: her fate, 21, 22. 221, Lismann, Hermann: deported. 240 222 Liss, Chaim: near Hanover. 13 Lvov (Poland): 196.204.213.217.221, Lithuania: 44 278 Lithuanians: at Sobibor, 249; at Parczew, Lyons (France): 92 269; in the Warsaw Ghetto. 316 Litomerice: seeindex entry for Leitmeritz Ma Vlast (Smetana): 60 'Little ' (Rzeszow, Poland): 201 Maariv: and a reporter from Chelm, 243 Liversidge, Flight Commander John P.: Maccabi (Zionist sports organisation): 38. killed in action. 192 344 Lodz (Poland): 13.225. 289, 312. 316. Macedonia (Greece): 334 344. 355. 366. 367-8. 371. 377 Mackensen, Field Marshal von: Lodz ghetto: 8. 9. 42. 49, 72. 79. 102. remembered, 284-5 125.145.368-71.374.376.377, Madritsch, Julius: saves. 198-9. 363 337 Magdalen College (Oxford): 16 Loew, Rabbi Judah: and the Golem, 65-7. Magdeburg Barracks (Theresienstadt): 92. 222 93-4 Lokomotywa (Iullan Tuwim): 387 Madgeburg (Germany): 15-17. 396 Lomazy (Poland): 269 Main River (Germany): 178 Lomza (Poland): 328 Maisel. Marcus Mordecai: his tombstone. 70 London (England): 51, 54. 64. 205. 225. Maisel. Samule: his grave. 108 240. 245. 324. 359 Maisel Synagogue (Prague): 68 London Blitz (1940-1): 1 Majdan Tatarski (near Lublin): executions Londynski Hotel (pre-war Warsaw): 305 at. 274 'Long Live Stalin': on the River Bug. 240 Majdanek (concentration camp): 239. 247. Los Angeles (California): 79 272.276-82.283.295.306.317. Lovers of Zion (Hovevei Zion): 197 320.398.404.405 Lovosice (Czech Republic): 58 Male Lajzer: his tombstone. 349: his story. Lubaczow (Poland): 207. 208 349-50 Lubartow (Poland): 227, 269. 270 Malkinia Junction (Warsaw-Bialystok Lubelski, Dr. Filip: serves under Napoleon, railway): 325. 328. 340 223 Hamlet (Makoszka Forest): 267. Lubien (Poland): 260 268 470 INDEX

Makoszka Forest (Poland): 264-5. 266. Organisation): shot. 186 267-8 Moabit Prison (Berlin): 52 Malkale (from Opoczno): deported. 337 Mohne Dam (Germany): 10-11 Maimedy (Belgium): 4 Moldavia: 60 Maly Trostenets (death camp): 82. 85 Mongols: and administration. 315; in Marburg (Germany): 212 Budapest. 316 n.I: and a deportation to '': 174. 280 Treblinka, 338 Markuszow (Poland): desecration at. 281; Moniek (a Jewish partisan): 263 escape to. 283; escape from. 290-1 Monowitz (near Auschwitz): 53-4. 143. Marody, Stefan: and Genghis Khan. 315 148. 149 Martinho, Janina: survives. 191 Moravian Gates (White Carpathians): 113 Marymont (Warsaw): 341 Mordowicz. Czeslaw: in uprising. 114; Marysin Station (Lodz): 369. 370 escapes from Auschwitz. 170 Masaryk Street (Bohusovice): 81 Moriah, Mount: and Abraham. 80 Masaryk, Thomas: 72. 81 Morris. Ros: v, 211. 242, 295. 306. 319. Massada Youth Group (Cracow): 179 386,400-1 Mauthausen (concentration camp): 69. Moscow (U.S.S.R.): 17. 82. 294. 308 250. 332 Moscow-Brussels Express: reaches Konm, Mayer, Helene: competes. 41 389; reaches Bielefeld. 396; reaches Mayer. Yogi: in Berlin. 30 Aachen. 398 Meed. Vladka: an eye witness. 318. 320; Moses: and a denouncer of sons-in-law. her return to the Warsaw Jewish 244 cemetery. 325 Moszczenica village (near Piotrkow): 352 Meirtchak, Benjamin: publishes names Muller, Heinrich: at Wannsee. 44. 46; (1996). 309. 327 sends Eichmann to Chelmno, 380-1 Meissen (Germany): 54 Munich (Germany): 8. 361 Mekler, David: an eye witness. 226 Murmelstein, Dr.: in Thereslenstadt, 93 Melanchthon, Philip: 21 Museum of the Lost Jewish Race: proposed. Melbourne (): 359 69.110 Melnik (Czech Republic): 60 Memelland (Baltic): 172 Nachmanowicz, Miss: raped. 346 Mendelssohn. Moses: in Berlin. 32-3 Napoleon Bonaparte: Jews serve under, Mengele, Dr.: at Birkenau, 144. 159 223; a portrait of. 295 Menorah (candelabra): 178. 204 Nasz Przeglad (Our Review): 178 Meshulam, Reb: and 'The Land of Israel' The Nazarene (Sholem Asch): 256 in Warsaw. 299-300 Nehemia (a soldier): a prisoner-of-war. '' (Auschwitz): 161 341-2 Meyer. M.: in Theresienstadt, 92 Ner River (Poland): 375 Michalsen (of the S.S.): heads 'Clearance Neubenschen (German-Polish border): 12 Commando'. 285 Neuhof Chaim: and the revolt at Birkenau, Michel, lise: her recollections. 172 153 Michel, S.S. Technical Sergeant Hermann: Neumann. Trude: dies. 102 at Sobibor, 251-2 Neumannova, Eva: her testimony. 121 Miechow (Poland): 193 Neville. Paul: v, 8. 23. 25. 82, 159. 178. Mielec (Poland): 208 205.217, 218,251.25~ 275. 27~ Milowka (Poland): 13 7 280.294.307.333.340.353.379. (White Russia): 82. 85. 294 385 Miriam (of the Jewish Fighting New York City (New York): 294. 299 INDEX 471

Newcastle (England): 342 199,220,282,307,316,342,352, Newman, Paul: in Exodus, 77 377,386,389,392,400,401 Niegow (Poland): 341 Opera House (Berlin): 29 Niemce Wood (near Lublin): executions in, (death camps): 225, 270, 289 229,269,271,276,284,285,317 Noah's Ark: 204 Opoczno (Poland): 337, 342 Noah's Ark restaurant (Berlin): 38 Oppenheim, Rabbi David: a bibliophile, 70 Nordhausen (concentration camp): 13, Oranienburgerstrasse Synagogue (Berlin): 160, 367 34-6,71 Normandy Landings (Iune 1944): 3 Order of the Bath: a Companion of, 57 Norway: 48, 54, 394 Ordinary Men (): Norwegian Legation (Berlin): 23 268,278-9 Novy Ouholice (Czech Republic): 106 Orstein family (Kolin,Czechoslovakia): 109 Nowy Dziennik (New Daily): 178, 178-9 Oslo (Norway): a deportation from, 394 Nozyk, Rywka bat Mosze: memorialized, Osnos, Leo: his house. in Warsaw, 300-1 300 Osowa (Poland): 248-9 Nozyk, Zalman: his house, 298; his Ostashkov (Russia): massacre at, 309 synagogue, 300 Oster, Peter: and an execution, 238-9 Nozyk Synagogue (Warsaw): 298, 300 Ostoja Restaurant (on road to Warsaw): Nuremberg (Germany): 8, 28 293 (1946): 28, 150 Ostrava (Czech Republic): 122 Nusymowicz, Hilel: killed in action, 223 Ostrow Mazowiecka (Poland): 328. 340 Nyss, Lajbl: his house, 356 Otoczno (Poland): 389; recollections of, 390-1 Oberlender, Aleksander: murdered, 309 Ottakar II, King (of Bohemia): 65 Obra River (Poland): 393 Otter, Baron von: learns of mass murder, Obuchowski, Berek (later Bob Roberts): his 215 recollection, 372 Otto (a German prisoner): 165 Ochodnica (Slovakia): 121 Otto IV: 16 Ochoza Forest (Poland): 264, 265-6 Otto the Great: 16 Ochoza (Poland): 268 Otwock (Poland): 293-4 Oder River: 391, 394 Oxford (England): 16,21, 70 Odessa (Russia): 194 Ozorkow (Poland): 372 Office for Jewish Affairs (Berlin): 37 Ogrodowa Street (slave labour camp): 272, Pabianice (Poland): 377 286 Paderbom (Germany): 11 Ohre River (Czech Republic): 83, 84, 89, Padua (Italy): 182 95,104 'Padua of the North' (in Poland): 221 Okecie Airport (Warsaw): 341 Pagis, Dan: 'how to explain?', 379 Old Synagogue (Cracow): 179-80, 182 Pale of Settlement (Tsarist Russia): 207 Old Town Square (Prague): 61, 71 Palestine: 10, 12, 16-7, 37, 60, 69. 85, Oleszyce (Poland): 207 102, 106, 114, 115. 178, 194, 199. Olomouc (CzechRepublic): 112 208,225,256,265,289,337,342, Olympic Games (Atlanta, 1996): 41 347, 361, 404 Olympic Games (Berlin, 1936): 27, 41 Palestine Office (Berlin): 37 Olympic Stadium (Berlin): 23, 41 Pankiewicz, Taduesz: an eye witness, 188­ O'Neil, Robin: v, 9, 25, 52, 61, 112-3, 90 116,140,157,176,188,191, 192, Parczew (Poland): 268-9 472 INDEX

Parczew Forests (Poland): 265-8, 283 Piotrkow Trybunalski (Poland): 225, 256, Pardubice (CzechRepublic): 110 280,292,332.335-6,341.342-3. Paris (France): 149, 197, 225, 240, 293, 387 324, 354, 393 Piper. Dr. Franciszek: at Auschwitz Park Hotel (Prague): 79 Museum. 173 Park Hotel (Theresienstadt): 102 Pima (Germany): 55 Parysow (Poland): 293 Pius XII, Pope: protests, 131 : and a 'blood libel' accusation, Planty (Cracow): 140-1, 178, 185 141, 342; in Rejowiec (1942), 238; Plaszow (concentration camp): 176-8. recalled, 239; in pre-war Parysow, 293; 191.195,199,227.279 in Piotrkow (1942), 350 Plazow (Poland): 208 'The Past is Warning' (exhibition): 48 village (Poland): 267 Patronka (near Bratislava): 120 Plotzensee Prison (Berlin): 52 Paul, Regent (of Yugoslavia): 23 Podgorze (Cracow): 180, 181, 187-94 Pawiak Prison (Warsaw): 321 Podmokly (CzechRepublic): 57 Pawlowski, Father Grzegorz: see index entry Podmokly Barracks (Theresienstadt): 100 for Griner, [akub Pohl, S.S. lieutenant-General: and Jewish Pearl Harbour: attack on (December 'wealth', 392 1941): 50 Poland: 57, 111-2, 119 onward Pechersky, Alexander: leads a revolt, 253 Police Battalion 101: at Parczew, 269, 278 Pelkinie (Western Galicia): 203 Poniatowa (Poland): 332. 339 Pensjonat Palaczyk (Lancut, Poland): 203 Poniatowa (concentration camp): 279 'People of Good Will': and a monument, Popieluszko, Father Jerzy: murdered 210 (1984), 242-3; a street named after, Peretz, I. L.: and the Golem, 67; his 286 birthplace, 221-2, 223, 256; a school Poplawski. Father Seweryn: helps save named after. 289-90; his house, in Jewish children, 303 Warsaw. 301; his tombstone, in Porta Bohemica (River Elbe): 56 Warsaw, 324 Porta Bohemica Express (Hamburg- Perl, Dr. Gisella: and a recollection of Prague): 52 Birkenau, 150-1 Portugal: 44 n.1 Perlasca, Carlos: in Budapest. 77, 145 Postal Transport Office (Berlin): 35 Perlman. Itzhak: performs in Warsaw. 303 Potsdam (Germany): 17, 54 Petschek, Ignaz: a coal merchant, 58 Povazska Bystrica (Slovakia): 115 Pfannenstiel, S.S. lieutenant-Colonel Dr.: Powierce village (near Chelmno): 375. at Belzec, 212-3 376, 383 'Pharmacy under the Eagle' (Cracow): 188 Poznan (Poland): 15, 141; Himmler's Philadelphia (U.S.A.): 366 speech at. 391-2 Picon, Molly: stars, 356 Prague (Czechoslovakia): 53, 58. 61-2. Pied Piper: 12 63-74,75-81.82,83,84,106,107, pilots: appreciation for. 15 222,243.398.402 Pllsudski, Marshal: 15, 245 Prague (Sadakat Kadri): 66. 71 Pilzow (Western Galicia): 199 Princeton University (U.S.A.): 386 Plnczewskl-Grossnass. Sheila: and Princip, Gavrilo: imprisoned, 105 Rejowiec, 239 Pristoupim (CzechRepublic): 107 Pinkas Synagogue (Prague): 68.403 Procopius, Saint: in Prague, 72 Piotrkow ghetto: 9-10, 343-5. 346-52, Prokocim (Cracow): 176 354-65 Prosenice (Czech Republic): 113 INDEX 473

Przeworsk (Poland): 205 37 Przydlowski (from Opoczno): urges escape, Reich Security Main Office (R.S.H.A.): 37, 339 38,43,84,100 Przytyk (Poland): 190 Reik, Havivah: a parachutist, 114 Puchov (Slovakia): 115 Reinhard-Heydrich-Strasse (wartime Pulawy (Poland): 291 Lublin): 283 Pulman, Szymon: conducts, 302 Rejowiec (Poland): 238-9 Purim: and the Jews of Radzymin, 326: Religious Zionist Movement (Mizrachi): and the Jews of Piotrkow, 346-7 16 Purke, Josef: killed, 154 Remba, Nahum: his acts of rescue, with Puszcza Biala (eastern Poland): 327-8 his wife, 317 Puszcza Niepolomicka (Poland): 194 Remuh Synagogue (Cracow): 182, 183 Puszcza Solska (Poland): 208 Renzo ... and Francesca: reach Birkenau, Pyrenees Mountains: 22 148 Republic of Shkid (Theresienstadt): 86 Race and Resettlement Office (Berlin): 271 Reznik, Josef: an eye witness, 247-8 Rachel Women's Society (Berlin): 37 Rheindorf, Konrad: in Lublin, 272 Radio Free Europe: 73 Rhine River: 9, 54, 64, 350, 398 Radogoszcz (Lodz): 366, 368, 370-1 Rhodes (Aegean Sea): 121 Radom (Poland): 211 Richmond, Theo: the historian of Konin Radzymin (Poland): 326 Jewry, 384, 387 Rahm, Karl: a commandant, 91, 92, 93, Riga (Latvia): 31, 82, 88, 326, 397 99, 115 Ringelblum, Emanuel: in Warsaw, 9, 258, Rajcza (Poland): 137 294, 304, 321 Rajzman, Samuel: recalls Treblinka, 337 Rip, Mount (Czech Republic): 105 Rakow Forest (near Piotrkow): 345, 347- Ritterband, Sara: survives, 215 8 Robota, Roza: executed, 155 Ramat Hasharon (Israel): 378 Rochele (from Opoczno): deported, 337 Ranke, Leopold von: 33 Rolnik, Ruchla: her tombstone, 349; her Raszeja, Professor: killed for helping a story, 349-50 Jewish child, 302 Rome (Italy): 8 Rataewski, Sarah and Abraham: their Romulus: and the Roman Republic, 397 granddaughter, 387 Roosevelt, President Franklin D.: 50 Rath, Ernst vom: shot, 393, 394 Ropczyce (Poland): 200 rats: 76 Rosa Luxemburg Street (Lublin): renamed, Ravensbriick (concentration camp): 250, 286 356 Rosenblum, Yosef Berish: his satire, 350 Rawa Ruska (Ukraine): 211, 212 Rosenbusz, Maximilian: deported, 197; his Raye, Michael: in Cracow, 178 wife and daughter saved, 198 'Reception Square' (Treblinka): 334 Rosenstrasse (Berlin): demonstration at, Red Army: 47, 53, 54, 58, 60, 206, 224, 30-1 252-3,272,277,326,341 Rosenwald (from Piotrkow): and a chance Red Cross (International Committee of the reunion, 361 Red Cross): 77, 88, 90-1, 94, 98, 99, Rosenzweig, Dr. Aharon Artur: deported, 103, 115, 341 191 Red Orchestra (spy ring): 28 Rosin, Arnost: escapes from Auschwitz, Regina (at Auschwitz): executed, 155 170 Reich League of Jewish Front Line Fighters: Rostov-on-Don (Russia): 253 474 INDEX

Roth, Ernst: 4 labour camp. 390; Himmler's speech to Rotholz, Lotte: executed, 41 (1943),391-2; at the German-Polish Rothschild, Baron Edmond de: and border (1938). 393; at Lieberose, 396 Lubaczow, 208 St. Cyril and St. Methodius Cathedral Rottenberg, Aizik: and resistance, 258 (Prague): 63-4. 74 Roubicek family (Kolin, Czechoslovakia): St. Gudule Cathedral (Brussels): 3 109 St. Hedwig's Hospital (Berlin): 33 Roudnice (Czech Republic): 59 St. Petersburg (Russia): 86 Roumania: 44 n.2, 45, 115 St. Petersburg-Aachen Express: reaches Roumanians: 281 Konin.389 Royal Air Force: 10 Sachsenhausen (concentration camp): 30. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 52. 396 (R.A.F.V.R.): 42 Sadat, President Anwar: and a Chelmite. Rozen, Samuel: murdered, 309 243 Rozenfeld, Semyon: escapes, and fights, Safir Brothers: in Cracow. 179 253 Salman. Mikhail: and blood libels, 141 Rubisch, Jozef: murdered, 309 Salonica (Greece): 334 Ruhland (Germany): 53-4 Salzburg (Austria): 136 Rumbuli Forest (Riga): 31, 82, 397 Sambor (Eastern Galicia): 374 Ruppin, Arthur: 16 Samothrace (Aegean): 334 Russian slave labourers: 11 Samson's Place (Warsaw Jewish Ruthenia: 44. 68. 69 restaurant): 307 Ruzomberok (Slovakia): 121 San River (Poland): 202, 206, 207 Ryki (Poland): 291-2 San Sabba (concentration camp): 250 Rzepin (Poland): 394 Sanbra-Kahane, Filip: fights, 204 Rzepkowlcz, Mania: her voluntary act, 372 Saphlerstein, Frieda: her memorial stone, Rzeszow (Poland): 153,200.201-2. 309 42 Sara and Manfred Frenkel Foundation S.A. (stormtroopers): 6 (Antwerp): 290 S.S. ('protection squads'): 15. 37: Race and Sarona (Palestine): 347 Resettlement Office, 44. 50; and an Satanowska, Miss: raped. 346 escape. 54; receive pensions. 55; Saxony (Germany): 56 Ukrainians in. 59; goods taken by, 89; Scharf, Rafael: his recollections, 178-9 in Theresienstadt, 84. 88. 89, 91, 92. Schechter, Mrs.: deported. 137 100. 102; in Auschwitz. 114. 145-6. Scheunenviertel (Berlin): 30 147, 153-5. 156-7, 159, 162. 165, Schiff. Hilda: her poetry anthology, 171 168.169.170.174.187,401; at Zilina, Schindel, Sol: and the revolt at Birkenau, 122; at Plaszow, 176; in Cracow. 186, 154; his home town. 201 189, 190; and a photo album. 160; at Schindler, Oskar: his home town. 112; Belzec, 212. 213, 216. 273; at Izbica saves, 177; his factory. 191-2; fellow Lubelski, 232-3; and Sobibor, 246. 249. factory owners. 198-9. 363 251-2.253; east of the River Bug, 259; Schindler's List (): 181. in Parczew, 269; in Lublin. 271. 274. 183. 187 284; at Majdanek, 277. 278; in Warsaw, Schipper, Dr. Ignacy: lectures, 304 302,312,313, 316; at Treblinka. 329­ Schirmer. Dr. Robert: in Budapest. 77 30, 331, 333; in the Piotrkow Ghetto. Schleicher, General Kurt von: murdered. 344-5. 348, 358, 364; in Lodz, 368; at 391 n.I Chelmno, 381-3; at Otoczno slave Schlieben (Germany): 5. 53. 56 INDEX 475

Schoenberner. Gerhard: founding director Sobibor (death camp): 225. 227. 239, 248, of Wannsee memorial museum. 47-9 249-54,255.257.258,270,275. Schoegarten, Dr. Karl: at Wannsee. 45-6 284,291.293,320,332.353.398, School of the Sages of Lublin: 288 401, 402. 404. 405 Schubert: and a Ghetto concert. 302 Society of Undertakers (Lublin): 271 Schulze-Boysen. Harro: executed. 28 Soest (Germany): 10 Schwarzbart, Dr. Adolf: in Cracow. 180-1 Sokal (Poland): 206 Schwarzhuber (at Auschwitz): 163 Sokolow Podlaski (Poland): 330 Seattle (U.S.A.): 237 Sola River (Poland): 13 7, 154 Sedziszow (Poland): 200-1 Solingen (Germany): 9 Seidl. Dr. Siegfried: a commandant. 84 Soloveichik, Rav Joseph Baer: his Sennelager (Germany): 11 tombstone. 324 Sephardi Jews: in Zamosc, 221 Somme, Battle of (1916): 29. 279 Serafinov (Slovak Republic): 125. 133 Somme River (France): 63 Sered (Slovakia): 120 Sommer. Field Marshal von: in Shalom Aleichem: celebrated. 181 Theresienstadt, 92 Shane. Charles: his recollections. 202-3 Sompolno (Poland): 369 Shaulis: a conscripted police force. 316 Sonderkommando: at Birkenau, 151-2, Shelley. Lore: and the Union Factory. 172 152-5, 155-6,401; at Belzec, 214. Sherit ha'Pleyta (Remnant of the 216; at Majdanek, 277; at Treblinka, Survivors): 350 332-3; at Chelmno, 381-3 Shklarek, Moishe: an eyewitness. 251-2 The Song of the Murdered People (Yitzhak Shoah Foundation: 76. 170-1 Katzenelson): 313 Shulamit: performed. 256 Song of Victory: at Theresienstadt, 94 Shulhan Arukh (Ioseph Carol: 182-3 Sonnenstein (Germany): 56 Sweria: 78. 277. 308. 384 Sorge, Richard: 17 Siena (Italy): 181 Sosabowski, Stanislaw: releases slave Sieradz (Poland): 59. 376. 377. 390 labourers, 314 Silesia: 203. 227 Sosnowiec (Poland): 153 Silesia-Cracow railway: 140 South African Legation (Berlin): 25 Simpson. Wallace: and a boy from Chelm, South America: 348 245 Soviet Central Asia: 206, 308 Singer. Isaac Bashevis: 220. 242. 298-300 Soviet prisoners-of-war (in German hands): Singer, Israel Joshua: 220 11,95.129, 154, 167, 170. 173,206. Skalite (Slovak Republic): 123, 123-33 222,246,247.269,280,328.360 Skalite-Zwardon railway line: 132 Soviet Union: 21, 38, 48, 77, 102. 206. Skinhead Festival: banned, 281 259. 308, 326. 334 Slaboszow (Poland): 193 'Spa Terezin': a deception, 84 Slodki, Morche: executed, 385 Spain: 22. 44 n.I, 253 Slovak Railways: III Spandau (Berlin): 21 Slovak-Polish border: 119, 123--4 Spanish Embassy (Berlin): 22 Slovakia: 44 n.Z, 45. 69. 11~117, 118- Spanish Synagogue (Prague): 70-1 133,197.291.402,403 Spartacus League: 20 Small Fort (Theresienstadt): 92, 104-5 Speer. Albert: his architecture, 22, 23, 24 Smetana. Bedrich: 60, 85 Spielberg. Steven: and survivor testimony, Smolensk (Russia): 308 76.170-1; and Schindler's List. 181, Sniatyn (Eastern Galicia): 217 183. 187 soap: and Jews, 78 Spitzer, Dr. Marcel: in Cracow. 181 476 INDEX

Spree River (Berlin): 30, 35, 37 Sukkot (Tabernacles): and the Jews of Stalag 324: as many as 13,000 Russian Radzymin, 326 prisoners-of-war murdered at, 328 Susser family: its house, 180 Stalag 327: fate of Russian prisoners-of­ Suwalki (Poland): 337 war at, 206 Svitavy (Czech Republic): 112 Stalag 333: mass murder of Russian Svrcinovec (Slovak Republic): 123 prisoners-of-war at, 328 Sweden: 44 n.L 48, 78, 394 Stalin, Josef: 17, 60, 78, 309, 394 Sweden, King of (Gustav V): 131 Stangl, S.S. Captain Franz: interviewed in Swedish invaders: 61 Lublin, 286: the commandant at Swiebocka, Teresa: her plans, 173, 174 Treblinka, 332 Swiecice (Poland): 193 Stanmore (London): 1 Switzerland: 3, 44 n.I, 80, 85, 102, 144, Star of David (the 'Yellow Star'): 38, 42, 254 77, lOS, 159, 181,213, 307, 308, Symcha (a Jewish partisan): 264 371, 378 Szapira, Rabbi Meir: his aim, fulfilled, 288- Starobielsk (Russia): massacre at, 309 9; his grave, 290 State Jewish Museum (Prague): 69 Szczebrzeszyn (Poland): 224, 226-7, 236 'State Old People's Home': a deception, 84 Szczecin: see index entryfor Stettin 'Station Square' (Treblinka): 334 Szebnie (slave labour camp): 196 Stauffenberg, Count: 24 Szeniawa (Western Galicia): 203 Stawki Street Hospital (Warsaw): and the Szlomo, Szmo: exiled (in 1863), 384 1942-3 deportations, 298 Szperber, Baruch: a cantor, 187 Stefan (a farmer): helps, 260, 261 Szulman, Jakub: hears a horrific story, Stein, Simon: shot, 347 373-4 Steinberg, Sevek: his building, 355 Szulman, [ozef Mozes: murdered, 309 Steiner, Ervin: his testimony, 120 Szwajcer, Josef: killed, 55 Stepanov (Czech Republic): 111 Szwedzka Street (Zamosc): prisoner-of-war Stepkow village (Poland): 267, 268 camp, 280 Stepney, Bishop of: 173 Stettin (Germany, later Poland): a T4 (Tiergartenstrasse No.4): 25, 56; and deportation through, 394 Lublin, 273 'Stock Exchange of Hell': 151 Tabor Family Camp (Parczew forests): 265 Storch's Synagogue (Cracow): 182 Tabor, Mount (Galilee): 105, 265 Story of a Secret State (Jan Karski): 229 Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach): performed, Stransky, Hugo: emigrates, 115 92; tunes from, played, 150 Straskov (Czech Republic): 106 Tall Synagogue (Cracow): 181 Strawa River (Piotrkow): 350 Talmon, Professor J. L.: and pre-war Polish Streibel, S.S. Captain Karl: recruits Jewry, 306 volunteers, 269 Tarnow (Poland): 197-9, 309, 363 Strekov Castle (Elbe): 58 Tatars: invade, lIS, 185 Strien, Salli: his fate, 32 Tatra Mountains (Slovak-Polish border): Sucha Gora (Poland): 13 7 121 Suchomil, Franz: at Treblinka, 333 Taussig, Josef: his poem, and his fate, 89 Sudeten Barracks (Theresienstadt): 99 Teiner, Mordechai Josef: a righteous man, Sudeten Mountains: 96, 98 237 Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia): 57, 59, 81, Tejkowski, Benek: leads skinheads, 306-7 177, 191 Tel Aviv (Israel): 79, 239, 289, 360 Suez Canal: 316 n.1 Tempel Synagogue (Cracow): 178, 183 INDEX 477

Tenenbaum, Judah: attacks, 186 Tregenza, Mike: and Belzec, 209, 254; in The Terezin Ghetto (Ludmila Chadkova): 85 Zamosc, 226-8; at Izbica Lubelska, Teschen: seized, 57 228-9, 237; at Chelm, 242; at Sobibor, Theresienstadt (ghetto): 5,8,11, 17, 30, 249-50,257; in Lublin, 276, 284, 290; 31, 32, 36, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 69, 72­ at Majdanek, 280 3, 78, 79, 82, 83-103, 106, 110, lID­ Trieste (Italy): 250 1, 115, 229, 236, 238, 239, 248, 397, Trojany (Poland): 341 402-3 Troy: recalled, 64 Thilo, S.S. Lieutenant Heinz: at Birkenau, Trumpeldor, Josef: his admirers, and his 169 fate, 256 Thon, Dr. Osias: in Cracow, 178 Trumpeldor Youth Group (Wlodawa): 256 Thorn's Restaurant (Cracow): 180 Trzcinski, Andrzej: his guide book, 271, 'Thousand Year Reich' (1933-45): 5 282 Thrace (Greece); 334 Trzebinia (Poland): 140 Tichever, Abysh: memories of, 243 Turek (Poland): tombstones from, 379-80 Ttergarten (Berlin): 20, 22 : 44 n.I, 221, 351 Tigris River: 77 Turkish Embassy (Berlin): 25 Tiso, Monsignor Jozef: wartime President Tumo (a hamlet in Poland): an episode at, (of Slovakia), 22, 130 263-4 Tokyo (Japan): 17 Tumo, David: his estate, 263-4 Tomaszow Lubelski (Poland): 208, 219, Turobin (Poland): 225 309 Tusa, Etelka: her recollections, 172 Topography of Terror (exhibition, Berlin): Tuszyn (Poland): 364, 366-7 28 Tuwim, Julian: his street, and his poem, Toronto (Canada): 94 387 Toszka (at Auschwitz): executed, 155 Tyn Church (Prague): 71 Tower of Babel: 80 Tyszowce (Poland): 224 The Traces of Monuments of Jewish Culture in the Lublin Region (Andrzej Trzcinski): village (Poland): 264, 266-7 282 Ukraine: 44, 274, 379 The Tragedy of Slovak Jews (Vlasta Ukrainian Front (1941-4): 279 Kladivova): 120 Ukrainians: 209-10, 213, 214, 229, 246, Trakt Pamieci (Memory Lane): in Warsaw, 249,252,253,255,260,269,274, 309-10 312, 316, 318, 329, 331, 334, 338, 'Transport Aa': leaves Theresienstadt, 229 359 'Transport Ax': from Theresienstadt, 248 (Warsaw): deportations Trapp (a commander): and the fate of the from, 309-10, 313, 315-17, 319, 320, Jews, 269 325, 341 Trawniki (Poland): concentration camp at, Union Factory (Auschwitz): 155, 172, 397 215; S.S. training centre at, 269; mass The Union Kommando in Auschwitz (Lore murder at, 279 Shelley): 172 TrebIinka (death camp): 79, 215, 225, (New York): 68 n.I 249,269,284,291,293,296,298, United States: 37,48, 55, 102, 109, 143, 308, 310, 312, 313, 324, 325, 326, 144,145,199,204,206,243,261, 328,329-31,332-9,340,348,349, 288, 324, 346, 386 351, 362, 364, 365, 367, 380, 400, United States Army: 13-14,47-8 404,405 United States Press Office (West Berlin): 48 Tregenza, Barbara (Basia): sings, 282 United States Signal Corps: 13-14 478 INDEX

Unknown Soldier Memorial (Warsaw): 324 295, 301, 341 Voroshilov Battalion (Russian partisans): Unter den Linden (Berlin): 29-30, 51 266 Unzer Gajst (Zamosc): 222 Vrba, Rudolf: in Slovak uprising, 114; his Upper Silesia: 173, 342 escape from Auschwitz, 127-31, 137, Ural Mountains (Russia): 195 161-8,170; in 'Canada', 157-8; his UrieI Dacosta: performed, 256 report, 144, 171 Uris, Leon: his nevel, 77 Vsetin (Czech Republic): 113 Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic): 58 Usti nad Orlici (Czech Republic): 110 Wagner, Richard: 24, 29 Uszerowicz, Sura: her tombstone, 349; her Walker, Miss: in hiding, 193 story, 349-50 'Wall of Death' (Birkenau): 174 Wallenberg, Raoul: in Budapest, 77, 145 VI (flying bombs): 1 Walter, Second Lieutenant Bernhard: his Vacuum Oil Factory (Poland): 139 photo album, 160 Valley of the Communities (): Wannsee (Berlin): 1-2, 17,22,42-51, 380 73, 374, 380 Van Dam. Max: killed, 253-4 The War of the Doomed (Shmuel Krakowski): Vancouver (Canada): 157 327 Vanity, the Turk and the Jew (Prague): 71 Ward, Alec: his recollections of childhood, Vasil (a villager): shot, 263 293 Veltrusy (Czech Republic): 60 Warsaw (Poland): 20, 82, 186, 192, 223, Vedem (newspaper): 86 235,263,294-6,297-321,322­ Velvel (the Wolf): survives, and fights, 325, 333, 341 246 Warsaw, Archbishop of: 300 Verviers (Belgium): 4 Warsaw Ghetto: 9, 47, 231, 258, 279, 'Via Dolorosa': in Zamosc, 226 294,297-302,303-7,308-20 (Austria): 21, 84, 102, 136, 177, Warsaw Ghetto Revolt (1943): 294, 300 198,199,206,284,288,337 Warsaw Uprising (1944): 295, 304-5, Vienna-Cracow Express (in the Second 306, 307-8, 314-15 World War): 140 Warsaw-Berlin railway: 215 Vienna-Cracow railway line: 295 Warsaw-Lvov highway: 209, 278, 279 Vietnam Memorial (Washington D.C.): 68, Warta River (Poland): 376, 383, 385, 387 315 Washington D.C. (U.S.A.): 51, 68, 76, 144, Vilna (Lithuania): 73, 326 315 Virtuti Militari: awarded to a Jew, 314-15 Waterloo Station (London): 1, 398 Vistula River (Poland): 142, 175, 180, Castle (Cracow): 142, 175 191, 293, 294, 325 Wawer (Warsaw): 294 Vittel (France): 312-13 Wdowinski, David: his recollections, 317 Vlasov, General: changes sides, 265; fights Wegierska Gorka (Poland): 137 alongside Germans, 267 Weidt, Otto: his brave deed, 31 Vltava River (CzechRepublic): 60, 61, 65- Weinberg, Professor Felix: his home town, 6, 76, 78, 81, 107 lID-I Vogelfanger, Dawid: killed in action, 223 Weinberger, Zdenek: his poem, 86-7 Voigt (a cobbler): 52 Weiss, Rabbi: in a photograph, 160 Volkov, Dmitri: at Auschwitz, 129, 167 Weissensee Jewish Cemetery (Berlin): 19, Volkovysk (Poland, now Lithuania): 328 40 Volozhin, Rav Chaim of: his tombstone, Welkenraedt (Belgium): 4 INDEX 479

Weltsch, Robert: and the Star of David. 38 Wonns (Germany): 8 Wencelas Square (Prague): 61-6 Wostefeld. Petra: v. 103. 140, 254. 258. Wenecki Hotel (pre-war Warsaw): 305 319.388.402 Werner, Hersch: his recollections. 260-61, Wolsztejn (a boy from Silesia): his fate. 262-3. 264. 265-7 227-8 Werner, Mark: 264 Wolka Okraglik (Poland): 331 Westennann. Lieutenant: an eye-witness. Wright, Flight Lieutenant William D.: killed 217 in action. 192 Western Front (1914-18): 2 Wulf, Joseph: a pioneer. 48 Western Galicia: 185. 194. 196-206 Wuppertal (Germany): 10. 331 Westminster (London): 20 Wylkowice (Poland): 138 Westminster Synagogue (London): 110 Wyszkow (Poland): 326, 340 Wetzler. Alfred: escapes from Auschwitz. 127-31, 137. 161-8. 170: his report, Yad Vashem (Ierusalem): 255. 380 144 Yankel (in hiding): his fate, 264 White Russia (Byelorussia): 44 Yellow Star: see index entryfor Star of David Widerszpal's foodstore (Warsaw): 301 The Yellow Star(Gerhard Schoenberner): 48 Wieder, Emil: deported. 197 Yerkowski, Fanny: deported. 3 Wiesel, E1ie: and the Golem, 67; recalls a YidI mitn fidI (film): 356 deportation to Auschwitz. 136-7; and Yohel, Moishe: avenged. 263 crosses at Blrkenau, 159. 173. 377; and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement): and the the 'right' to write about the Holocaust. Jews of Radzymln, 326; and a reunion 405 in Munich. 361 Wilczynska. Stefania: accompanies Yugoslav Legation (Berlin): 23 orphans. 322. 323 Yugoslav partisans: 250 Wilder. Krulik: and Chelm, 243; and Yugoslavia: 23. 121, 334 pwtrkow. 354. 357. 362. 364 Wilga River (Poland): 293 Zabecki, Franciszek: his recollections. 329- Wilhelm II. German Emperor: 9 31 Willenberg. Samuel: a survivor of Zabreh na Morave (Czech Republic): III Trebllnka, 332-3 Zagorze (Poland): 342 Winer. Bernice: deported. 3 Zaklikow (Poland): 215-16 Winnie the Pooh: in Warsaw. 323 Zakopianka Cafe (Cracow): 186 Winogrodski. Szlamek (later Ray Wino): Zalaman, Salama: a teacher. 239 his house. 350 Zalewski. Piotr: shot. 322 Wippern. S.S. Major Georg: in Lublin. 285 Zambrow (Poland): 328 Wirth. Christian: at Belzec, 213-14. 217; Zamenhof, Ludwig: his birthplace. 221, leaves for Trieste. 250; in Lublin. 276. 222; his grave. 324 285 Zamolodycze village (Poland): 261-3 Wirths. Dr. Eduard: at Birkenau. 144. 159­ Zamosc (Poland): 20. 67. 220-3. 224-8. 60. 169 251, 278. 280. 324 Wlodawa (Poland): 141. 249. 250. 252. Zamosc Province (Poland): 377 254.255-9.260.398 Zamoszczer Sztyme (Zamosc): 222 Wojnicz (Western Galicia): 197 Zamoszczer Wort (Zamosc): 222 Wojtyla. Karol (later Pope John Paul II): Zamoyski, Count (during Second World 142-3 War): intervenes. 204 Wola Duchacka (Cracow): 176 Zamoyski, Count (sixteenth century): his WoltT. Pauline: her memorial stone. 42 town. 221 480 INDEX zawadki hamlet (near Chelmno): 375-6. Zohar: and God. 131 377. 383 Zolkiewka (Poland): 225 zawady (Poland): 342 Zuchowicz. Second-Lieutenant Tadeusz: Zbaszyn (Poland): 393 witnesses the bravery of a Jew, 314-15 Zbaszynek (Poland): 393 Zuckerman (in Warsaw): his bravery Zdunska Wola (Poland): 101. 376. 377. witnessed. 312 378 Zuckerman. Yitzhak: in Cracow. 186; in Zelechow (Poland): 291 Warsaw. 319 Zelik (a Jew in hiding): avenged, 263 Zwardon (Poland): 122. 123. 133 Zgierz (Poland): 371 Zwierzyniec (Poland): 224 Zilina (Slovakia): 107, 108. 115-17. Zychlin (Poland): 369 118-22 Zyklon-B (poison gas): 47. 173 Zilina Express (Prague-Zilina): 107 Zywiec (Poland): 138 Zionist Congress (Prague. 1933): 69