INDEX compiled by the author Aachen (Germany): 4-5. 6. 398 Aaron (a doctor): in Lublin. 287 Aaron (from OpoCZIlO): recalls a deportation. 337-9 Aaron. Israel: settles. 21 Aaron. [ehuda: becomes Chief Rabbi (1552).287 Abraham: and Isaac. 80. 204 Abrahamer, [akub Chaim: his tombstone. 177 Abramow (Poland): 332 Abramowica, R6zia: in the Warsaw Ghetto. 310 Adam and Eve: 247 Adampol (near Wlodawa): 259-60. 262 Adele (a new bride): sceptical. 299 Adenauer, Konrad: 8. 26 Adige Valley (Italy): 135 Adlon Hotel (Berlin): 26 Adolf-Hitler-Platz: in wartime Cracow. 184; in wartime Lublin. 273. 274 Ahavat Haim prayer house (Cracow): 187 Ajzyk Synagogue (Cracow): 183 'Alamein Security' (Warsaw): 301 Albania: 44 n.2 Albright, Madeleine K. : and the fate of her grandfather. 68 n.I All Rivers Run to the Sea (ElieWiesel): 1367 Altana Family Camp (Parczew forests): 265 Alterman. Szlomo: killed. 327 Altneuschule (Prague): 61, 69-70 Amsterdam (Holland): 2 Ancient Egypt: 316 Anielewicz. Mordechai: his headquarters. 318; his award. 319; his last letter. 319 Aninka and Pepicek: their story. 94 Ankerman (from Wlodawa): his fate. 258 Antwerp (Belgium): 290 The Apostle (Sholem Asch): 256

Arbuz, Chaim: killed. 327 Ariel Restaurant (Cracow): 183. 184 Armenians: in Lvov, 221 ArmiaKrajowa (wartime Poland): 193.327 Armia Ludowa (wartime Poland): 186. 265, 266. 327 Aron, Reb Yehuda: in Chelm, 239 Artists of Terezin (Gerald Green): 76 Asch, Sholem: stimulates discussion. 256 Aschersleben (Germany): 16 Ashton-Gwatkln, Frank: and 'Czechoslovakia betrayed'. 57 Association of Jewish Artisans (Wlodawa): 256 Atlanta (Georgia): 41 Auerbach. Simeon: a teacher. 239 Auschwitz (Austria-Hungary. later Poland): 2. 54. 119. 120. 139. 143-4. 286. 388 'Auschwitz Album' (summer 1944): 160 Auschwitz-Birkenau: deportations to. from France. 2-3. 312-3; from Paris. 292. 354; from the Lodz Ghetto. 8. 125-6; from Italy. 134-6; from Galicia. 196. 197-8. 199; from Theresienstadt, 8. 31, 32. 69. 73. 79. 82-9. 93. 101, 105; from Germany. 31, 42; from BielskoBiala, 138; from Hungary. 77. 136-7. 403; from Czechoslovakia. 108-120-1; from Rhodes. 121-2; from Norway. 394; an exhibition concerning. 47; and Chelm, 240; and Maidanek, 278. 280; survivors of. 48. 396; Poles deported to. 305; deportees from. 97. 110; escapees from. 114. 127-31. 161-8; and the main railway line. 295. 403; and Anne Frank. 76; modem-day visitors to. 116.

306.144-75.183.184,187.400-1. 405; crosses at. 159. 173. 377; and faith. 340

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Australia: 109 AusOia:20. 228. 334. 376. 377 Austria-Hungary (Baedecker): 180, 206 Ave Maria (Schubert): 302 Azoulai, Rabbi Haim David: his commentary. 136 Babi Yar (mass murder site): 246 Babylon: 76 Bachner (a dentist): escapes. 220 Baczkow (Western Galicia): 195 Bad Lippspringe (Germany): and Russian slave labourers. 11 Bad Pyrmont (Germany): 12 Bad Schandau (Germany): 56 Baeck, Rabbi Leo: in Berlin. 36; in Theresienstadt. 84. 92. 93. 397 Baedecker Guide Books: 1, 56. 143-4. 180. 202.206.274.286 Baghdad: 4 Balaban. Dr. Majer: lectures. 304 Balfour Day (2 November): in 1942. 225 Bandet, Matilda: her decision. and her fate. 194-5 Hanska Bystrica (Slovak Republic): 120 Barak. Hanoch: erects a monument. 378 Baranowicze (Poland. later Belarus): 337 Bardgett. Suzanne: 49. 140. 336. 354 The Bartered Bride (Smetana): 85 Baruch. Bernard: succeeds. 391 Baruch. Simon: emigrates. 391 Battle of Alamein (1942): 295. 301 Baum, Herbert: memorials to. 19. 30. 40 Bauman. Janina: recalls a Ghetto concert. 302 Bauman. Paulina: her hospital. 298 Baumlnger, Arieh: commemorates heroism. 187 Bauminger.Heszek:killed.187 Becalel, Mosze. Szoszana: on a memorial, 315 Beck. Elieser: and an 'anteroom to hell'. 116 Bedda-Lohner, Fritz: his fate. 110 Bejski, Mojsze: his testimony. 176-7 Belarus. Republic of: 258. 259. 274 Belchatow (Poland): 307. 354. 378. 380 Belgitska Street (Prague): 61

Belgium: 3. 236. 334 Belsen (concentration camp): 13. 84. 215. 365 n.I Belzec (death camp): 5, 14, 176. 195. 198. 200.201.205.206.208,209.20918. 219. 220. 225. 227-8. 229. 239. 240. 249, 250. 254. 270. 273. 280. 283.284,286.289.293.295.332. 380.397,400.401.405 Belzyce (Poland): 287 Ben-Gurion Airport (Israel): 73, 194 Ben-Gurion, David: and reparations, 8 Bendlerstrasse (Berlin): 24. 47 Benes, Edvard: his picture. 60 Berdichev, Abba: a parachutist. 115 Berdichever Rebbe: his commentary. 136 Beregszasz (Ruthenia): 160. 170 Berg, Robert: a survivor. 332. 335 Bergen-Belsen: seeindex entry for Belsen Bergmann, Gretel: unable to compete, 41 Berlin (Germany): 17-8. 19-39.40-52, 91.92.215.246.253.326.402 Berlin and Its Environs (Baedeker): 1 Berlin Wall: 27 BerlinwaIks (Peter Fritzsche and Karen Hewitt): 35 Berman. Adolf: an eye witness. 317. 3223 Bernstein. Rudolf: his memorial stone, 42 Berson, Mejer: his hospital. 298 Berson's and Bauman's Hospital (Warsaw): 298 Beskid Mountains (White Carpathians): 113. 123 Betar Orchestra (Wlodawa): 256 Beuthen (Upper Silesia): 173 Bezalel, Rabbi: his grave, 108 Biala Podaska (Poland); 269 Biale Lake (Wlodawa): 254. 255 Bialystok (Poland): 44.73.85.298.337 Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Rome): 8 Bielefeld (Germany): 396 Bielsko-Biala (Poland): 138-9. 321 Bierman. John: and the Fahn family saga. 121-2 Biezanow (Cracow): 176 Bilgoraj (Poland): 224-5 Bilky (Ruthenia): 160

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Breslau Front (1945): 54 Brest-Litovsk (Belarus): 294 Bridyle, Jiry: in Svitavy. 112 Britain: 37.41. 57. 61. 109, 195.261 British Army of Occupation on the Rhine (B.A.O.R.): 11 British India: 76 British Military Cemetery (Berlin): 41 British Passport Control Office (Berlin): 25 Brooklyn (New York): 326 Browning, Christopher: readings from, 268, 278-9 Brummer (a baker): 355 Brundibar (children's opera): 94, 98 Brunnlitz (Sudetenland): 112. 191 Brussels (Belgium): 3. 398 Bryan Adams: an advertisement for. and a Star of David, 307 Brzesko (Western Galicia): 196 Bucharest (Roumania): 82 Buchenwald (concentration camp): 96, 97, 332. 344 Budapest (Hungary): 77, 82, 131. 145, 316 n.I Budy (Poland): 220 Bug River (Poland): 51. 240. 249, 258, 259,260,261.266.270,293,326. 328, 329, 339. 344 Bugaj Woodwork Factory (Piotrkow): 10. 358, 363 Buhler, Dr. Josef: at Wannsee, 45. 46 Bulgaria: 334 Buna (industrial complex, Auschwitz): 143, 145. 175 Buntrock, S.S. Sergeant: 163-4 Burger. Anton: a commandant, 88 Burtscheid (Germany): 4, 6 Butchovsky family: and Schindler, 112 Bystrzyca River (Lublin): 276 Bzura River (Poland): 372 Cadca (Slovak Republic): 120, 122. 123, 131 Cafe Adler (Berlin): 28 Cafe Mozart (Prague): 64 Cafe Oren (Berlin): 36 Cafe Pierrot (Chelm): 241-2 Calais (France): 2

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Canada: 157, 199, 336 'Canada' (Auschwitz-Birkenau): 157-8 Canecky: a common surname, 124, 132; a helper, 131 'Captain of Kopenick': 52-3 Carlisle Journal: a reporter on, 243 Caro, Rabbi Joseph: his code, 182-3 Carpathian Mountains: 207 Casimir the Great, King (of Poland): 179, 180 The Castle (Kalka): 72 Catholic University of Lublin: 272, 284, 288 Cech (a patriarch): 105 Cegielnia (Polan~): 341 Central America: passports for, 312-3 Cesky Brod (Czech Republic): 107 Chambers Dictionary of World History (1993): 315 n.l Channel Tunnel: 1, 398 Chanukah: and faith, 203 The Charge of the Light Brigade (film): 356 Charlemagne: 4, 398 Charles I, King: beheaded, 240 Charles Bridge (Prague): 71-2 Checkpoint Charlie (Berlin): 28-9, 36 Chelm (Poland): 24, 67, 211, 225, 23946,249,287 'ChelmIl': postal cancellation, 273 Chelmno (death camp): 9, 42,51, 79, 137, 304, 354, 366, 368-9, 372, 373-4, 375,376-83,388,397,401,405 Cherwell River (Oxford): 16 Chladkova, Ludmila: her guide book, 85 Chmielnicki, Bodgan: attacks and massacres by (seventeenth century): 219,221,224,239-40,255,287 Christian, Mr. (a manager): 'a good Christian', 362 Christopher Columbus: 12, 110 The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto (ed. Lucjan Dobroszycki): 369-71 Church of the Virgin Mary (Warsaw): a priest from, his good deeds, 303 Churchill, Winston: 'Are we beasts?', 10; 'invoke me if necessary', 144; and Goebbels, 394 Chwila (A Moment): 178

Cieme (Slovak Republic): 123 Cieszanow (Poland): 208 Cifea, Tibor: a partisan, 114 Clarke, Flight Sergeant John D.: killed in action, 192 Clasen (of the S.S.): heads 'Clearance Commando, 285 Cohen, Samuel: and an anthem, 60 Cohen, Sergeant Samuel: his grave, 42 Cologne (Germany): 8-9, 225, 312, 398 Columbia University Press: 264 Commonwealth War Graves Commission: 41 Congregation of the Jewish Faith (Cracow): 180 Constantine, Emperor: 8 Constantinople: 68 Cori, Gerta Theresa: a Nobel prizewinner, 69 Cornides, Wilhelm: passes Belzec, 211-2 Cosmos (his chronicle): 64 Council of Four Lands: 287, 288 Couturier, Claude Vaillant: at Birkenau, 149-50 Coward, Charles: honoured, 143 Cracow (Poland): 44, 119, 140-1, 142, 169, 175, 178-84, 185-94, 194-5, 196,197,203,206,220,238,307 Cracow Gate (Lublin): 274 Croatia: 44 n.2, 45, 116, 403 Cross of GrUnewald: awarded. 319 Cross of Sacrifice (British Military Cemetery, Berlin): 41, 42 Cygamia Cafe (Cracow): 185-6, 187 Czech, Danuta: a chronicler, 173 Czech Republic. 57. 107-13 Czechoslovakia: 44, 57, 72, 77.92, 101, 109,115,228,236.273,301,334. 376, 377 'Czechoslovakia Betrayed': 57 Czechowice-Dziedice (Poland): 139 Czerniakow, Adam: his dilemma. and death, 301-2; and Jewish Child's Day, 302: his grave, 324 Czestochowa (Poland): 111, 208. 332, 336 Dabie (Poland): 369. 375, 376, 378 Dachnow (Poland): 208

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INDEX Danish Legation (Berlin): 22 Danube River: 64 Darmstadt (Germany): 63 David. King (of Israel): 65 Death Avenue (Treblinka): 333 Debica (Poland): 199-200 Deblin (slave labour camp): 332 Decin (Czech Republic): 57 Denmark: 20. 174 Denmark. King of: 77 Department of Confiscated Enemy Property (Lublin): 284 Deuteronomy: 171 Dick. Rabbi (Chief Rabbi of Berlin): 38-9 Dicker-Brandejsova, Friedl: in Theresienstadt, 90 Dnieper River: 64 Dobroszyckl, Lucjan: liberated. 102; and a horrific testimony. 374 Dohany Street Synagogue (Budapest): 34 Doksany (Czech Republic): 81 Dolni Zleb (Czech Republic): 57 Dolp, Hermann: a commandant. 283 Dom Turysty Hotel (Cracow): 141 Dombrowska, Esther: shot dead. 312 Donat. Alexander: an eye witness. 317-8 Dora and Fania (in Warsaw): their fate.

312 Dorebus, [ozef leads revolt. 155 Dorfrnann.Ruth: at Treblinka. 333 Dostoyesvsky, Fedor: 86 Draney (deportation centre. Paris): 254.

313 Drelkopf Mot!: survives. 360 Dresden (Germany): 54-5 Dresden Barracks (Theresienstadt): 99.

100-1 Dresden-Prague Railway: 106 Duisburg (Germany): 397 Dunajov (Slovak Republic): 122 Dunand, Georges: tries to help. 115 DUsseldorf (Germany): 370. 397 Dutch businessmen: a disguise. 131, 168 Dzialoszyce (Poland): 176. 195

Edelstein. Jakub: in Therestenstadt, 84 Eden, Anthony: and the bombing of Auschwitz. 144 Edward VIII. King: and a boy from Chelm,

245 Egypt: 243. 351 Egyptian Legation (Berlin): 25 Eichenbaum. Samuel: his gift. 288 Eichmann. Adolf: 3. 37. 42. 46. 84. 176.

380-1 Einsatzgruppen (killing squads): 259 Einstein. Albert: 29. 35. 68. 386 Eisinger. Walter: inspires. 86 Ekstein, Pavel: executed. 114 Elbe River: 16. 17. 55-9. 81, 104. 109 Elijah. Rabbi (of Chelm): 67 Emalia Factory (Cracow): 191, 194. 363

Encyclopaedia fudaica: 4. 116 Engel, Kurt: a 'lord of life and death', 229 English Channel: 2 Ephraim. Veitel Heine: rewarded. 21-2 Eppstein, Dr.: in Theresienstadt, 84. 90-1.

92. 93 Epstein. Maurycy: murdered. 309 Erler. Rudolf: killed. 154 Erlin (a pharmaclst): charitable. 256 Eschweiler (Germany): 6 Esplanada Cafe (Cracow): 186 Essen (Germany): 396-7 Esterka (in Warsaw): caught. 310. 311 Esther (from Garwolin): escapes. 292 Esther (Queen): in Cracow. 179 Estonia: 44 Estonian Legation (Berlin): 24 Estonians: as guards. 229. 230. 232. 236

Ethics of the Fathers: 181 Eupen (Belgium): 4 Eupen, Captain Theo: a commandant. 329 Euphrates River: 77 'Eureka': 178 Europa Hotel (Lublin): 274 European Timetable (Thomas Cook): 119 Exodus (Leon Uris): 77 'Factory Action': in Berlin. 32; in Essen.

East Finchley (London): 1 Bdels, Shmuel Leizer Ben Yehuda: a teacher. 239

397 Fahn family: their fate. 122 Fahn, Sidney: his saga. 121-2

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Faiga (Zelik's daughter): and an act of revenge, 262-3 Failure of a Mission (Sir Nevile Henderson): 29 Falstein, Louis: publishes names (1963), 309 The Family Moskat (I. B. Singer): 298-300 Fasanenstrasse Synagogue (Berlin): 38 Feder. Dr.: an 'esteemed rabbi'. 109 Felczer, [ekele: in Cracow. 182 Felhendler, Leon: helps lead a revolt. 253 Femina Music Theatre (Warsaw): 302 Ferdinand Ill, King (of Bohemia): 61 Ferrer. Saint Vincent: in Prague, 72 Fetman's wine store (Warsaw): 301 Fettka, Erich: a courier, 273 Feuermann, J.: killed in action. 124 Fichtencwejg. Dov: 208

Fighting Back. A Memoirof Jewish Resistance in World War II (Hersch Werner): 264 Finder. Pawel: murdered. 321 Finkelstein family: from Russia. 73 Flnkelstone, Joe: his memories of Chelm, 243-6 Finkelstone, Shapseh: his 'subterfuges', 244 Finland: 44 n.2 First Crusade (Eleventh Century): 8, 64 First World War (1914-18): 1. 10. 15. 19. 24,37,42,52.57.95.124.196.207. 240. 257. 311, 391. 392 Fischer (a factory owner): 358. 361 Flossenburg (concentration camp): 89. 250 Flynn. Errol: stars. 356 Foggia (Italy): 192 The Fools of Chelm and their History (Isaac Bashevis Singer): 242 Fossoli (Italy): 134 Fountain Park (Theresienstadt): 100. 103 Fraenkel, Edith: executed. 40-1 Fraenkel, Rachael: v, 78.402-3 France: 2-3, 20, 22. 44. 45,57.174.199. 253,261,334 Franco. Francisco: 22 Frank. Anne: at Belsen, 13; at Auschwitz. 76 Frankfurt-on-Oder (Germany): 394

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke: the fate of his assassin, 105 Frederick the Great: 21 Freese. Willi: killed. 154 Freiburg, Dov: an eye witness to revolt. 252. 255 Fresz's bakery (Warsaw): 301 Freund. John: recalls Theresienstadt, 86. 90. 94. 98. 101. 106 Fridrich, Zalcman: killed. 327 Friedmann. David: in Zilina, 115 Friedlander, Field Marshal: in Theresienstadt, 93 Friedlander. Saul: his memories of Prague. 79-81 Fritzsche. Peter and Hewitt. Karen: their guide book. 35 Froman (a grocer): 355 Fromer. Rabbi Arie Tzwi: becomes rector, 289 Fuchs. Hertha: gives refuge. 55 Fuchs. Kurt: killed. 55 Fuks, Chaim (later Harry Fox): at Hortensja, 364; and the arrival of the Germans in Tuszyn, 367 Fuks, [ona (later John Fox): his recollections, 366-7 FUrth (Bavaria): 160 Gabcik, Josef: betrayed, 63; killed, 64 Galilee (Palestine): 256 Galinski. Dr. Heinz: his grave. 42 Garfinkel (in Zamosc): listens to an eye witness, 228 Garrison Army House (Theresienstadt): 99 Garrison Hotel (Lublin): 271 Gartner. Ella: executed. 155 Garwolin (Poland): 291 Gebirtig, Mordechai: 'nothing will remain', 190 Geller's barbershop (Warsaw): 301 General Government (of Poland): 44. 45 Vas Generalgouvernement (Baedeker): 180, 202.274.286 Genesis: an inscription from, 374-5 Genghis Khan: his reputation, 315 Genia (deported to Auschwitz): 125-6 George (a driver): 78. lOS, 107

INDEX Gerda (a prisoner): 172 Gennany: a journey through, 4-18, 52-7, 394-5, 396-8; prisoners-of-war of, and a deception, 85; and an enthusiastic reception for, 138; doctors from, 144; Jews from, 236, 301, 334, 376, 377 Gerron, Kurt: a film, and his fate, 91, 92 Gershom, Joseph ben: 21 Gerstein, Kurt: at Belzec, 212-5 Gestapo: 3, 28, 31, 32, 35, 44, 47, 73, 105,129,173,186, 191-2, 196, 198, 201,238,262,271,283,302,313, 347, 358, 370-1, 376 Ghetto Fighters' Square (Cracow): 187-8 Ghetto Fighters' Street (Warsaw): 306 Ghetto Theresienstadt (Zdenek Lederer): 248 Giladi, Ben: his journal, 361 n.l Gilbert, David: visits Berlin, 22 Gilbert, Joshua: and the fools of Chelm, 242 Gilbert, Shlomo: deported to Treblinka, 313 Ginz, Petr: at Theresienstadt, 86, 96, 97 Ginzova, Eva: 'Dear God .. .', 96 Glatter, Dr. Leon: shot, 347 Globocnik, S.S. Brigadier: and the death camps, 212, 225, 272; in Lublin, 272, 273,283,284-6,286 Glowaczow (Poland): 96 Glueckel of Hameln: 12 Gniezno (Poland): 344 Goch, Eugeniusz: helps, 228 God: appealled to. 96; and exile. 136; and a memorial prayer, 159; 'lost belief' in, 172; and Kaddish at Belzec, 217-8; and Chelm, 242; his 'punishment', 284; a prayer to 'carved out of hunger and misery', 311; faith in, 'never really in doubt', 340; and Chelmno, 379 Goebbels, Dr. Joseph: 30, 31, 274, 394 Goering, Hermann: and the 'final solution', 43 Goeth, Amon: a commandant, 176, 177, 199 'Gold from Peru' (exhibition): 49 Goldberg, Albert: murdered. 309 Goldberg, Anna: in Cracow, 140-1, 142, 185 Goldberg, Aron: recalled, 185

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Goldberg. Moniek: in Theresienstadt, 96 Golden Donkey Restaurant (Lublin): 274 Golden Military Cross: awarded, 223 Goldene Medine (the United States): 206 Goldfried family: their factory, 355 Goldhersz, Hersz: his tombstone, 349 Goldsobel, Dr. Leon: a partisan (1863), 223 Goldstein's Clothing Factory (Berlin): 33 Goldwasser, Michael: born in Konin, 384 Goldwasser, Shlomo: escapes, 291 Goldwater, Barry M.: a grandson of Konin, 384 Golem: in Prague, 65-7, 222 Gomberg (a Ghetto policeman): 344 Goniec Chelmskie (Chelm): 242 Gorbachev, Mikhail: and a Soviet historical crime, 308 Gothelf, Yeruham and Yaakov: escape, 291 Grabow (Poland): 363-5, 387, 398 Gradowski, Salmen: his buried notes, at Birkenau, 151-2 Great Fire of London (1666): 205 Great Synagogue (Warsaw): 303-4 Greece: 116, 160,334,403 Green, Gerald: and the word 'Holocaust', 76; and Theresienstadt, 91-2. 98 Greek Legation (Berlin): 24 Griner, Chaim: his memorial, 237-8 Griner, [akub: converts, 237-8 Groag, Gertrud: survives, III Grodno (Poland, now Belarus): 328, 337 Grojanowski, Yakov: an escapee from Chelmno, 304, 373-5, 376, 381-3 Gross, Ruth: in Berlin, 35 Groth, S.S. Sergeant Paul: his sadism. 254 Growas, Mordechai: a partisan, 327 Gruber, Captain Irving: in Gennany, 11 Gruber, Mietek: leads an escape, 283; other escapees join. 291 Gruber. Ruth Ellen: her guide book. 108 Grubsztajn's slaughterhouse (Warsaw): 301 Grunewald (Berlin): 17 Gryn, Hugo: in Prague, 61, 65, 68. 72; and the Golem, 65-6; and Kafka, 72; and faith, 203, 340; returns to Gennany, 396

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Grynszpan family: their house, in Piotrkow, 360 Grynszpan, Hirsch: 13; his fatal act, 393-4 Grynszpan. Zyndel: 12-13; his postcard, 393 Grzybowski Place (Warsaw): a description of,298-300 A Guide to Jewish Lublin and Surroundings (Andrzej Trzcinski): 271 A Guide to Jewish Warsaw (Ian Jagielski and Robert Pasieczny): 300-1 Gutter, Pinhas: his recollections, 316-7 Guty (Poland): Russian prisoners-of-war murdered at, 328 Gypsies: 14, 107, 144, 170, 224, 281, 371,377,382,388 Ha-Shomer (youth organization): 256-7 Haberbusch and Schiele Brewery (wartime Warsaw): 301 Hackenholt, Laurenzius Maria: at Belzec, 214 'Hackenholt Foundation': at Belzec, 213, 214

Hagen (Germany): 10 Haifa (Israel): 111 Hala Targowa (Piotrkow): 354-5 Halbenstock (at Plaszow): hanged, 176 Halter, Roman: a slave labourer, 54; finds refuge 55 Haman: defeated, 346 Hamburg (Germany): 55, 70, 239, 273, 370 Hamburg Barracks (Theresienstadt): 96 Hameln (Germany): 12 Hammet, Flight-Lieutenant A. H.: evades capture, 192-4 Handler, Arieh: and Magdeburg, IS, 1617 Handlowy Hotel (pre-war Warsaw): 305 Hanich, Joseph: in Belchatow, 307 Hanna (an orphan): in the Warsaw Ghetto, 310 Hanover (Germany): 12-13, 70, 393 Hanover Barracks (Theresienstadt): 94 Hardy, Thomas: 'this will go onward the same', 127-8 Harris, Caroline: 62, 63, 103, 139, 178,

203,219,262,281,293,294,319, 320,403-4 Harun al-Rashid: 4 'Harvest Festival' (Majdanek): 239, 247, 279 Hasmdim: 197,219, 240,268,292, 316, 385 'Hatikvah' (The Hope): 60, 357 Hautval, Adelaide: her courage, 159-60 Hava ('very charitable'): her tombstone, 346 Havel, Vaclav: 72 Haynt (Yiddish daily newspaper): 302 Hebrew Club (Berlin): 37 Hebrew slaves: recalled, 316 Hebrew University (Ierusalem): 37 Hebrew World League (Berlin): 37 Heckshom Point (Wannsee): 43 Heerstrasse Jewish Cemetery (Berlin): 42 Heine, Heinrich: translated into Hebrew, 312 Heinz (a guard): 160 Helfgott, Ben: on Day One, 1, 4, 5, 9-10, 11, 12; on Day Two, 19, 38; on Day Three, SO-I, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58. 59; on Day Four, 63, 71; on Day Five, 78, 82, 83, 99-100, 100, 103, 104, 110, 11112; on Day Six, 119, 124; on Day Seven, 159,174,175,178,181; on Day Eight, 192,196-7,199,204,205; on Day Nine, 227,238, 239-40,249,256, 257,262,264-5; on Day Ten, 281-2, 292, 295; on Day Eleven, 301, 307, 309, 320; on Day Twelve, 326, 332, 335-6, 339, 340, 341, 342-53; on Day Thirteen, 354-61, 376, 377-9, 386, 387, 391, 392 Helfgott, Ber: 10 Helfgott, Fishel: shot, 347 Helfgott, Hania (now Ann Leigh): 358-9 Helfgott, Lusia: her fate, 345, 348 Helfgott, Mala: survives, 348; her birthplace, 355; and the liquidation of the Piotrkow Ghetto, 358-9 Helfgott, Moshe: his fate, 348, 359; his question, 363-4 Helfgott, Rela: her fate, 378 Helfgott, Samuel: his fate, 378

INDEX Hellgott, Sara: her fate. 345. 348; 'something must be wrong'. 377 Helmstedt (Germany): 15 Henderson. Sir Nevile: 29 Heniek and Szymek (deported to Auschwitz): 126 Henoch, Lili: her fate. 31 Herbesthal (Belgium): 4 Hersh. Arek: liberated. 59-60; recalls the journey to Auschwitz. 125-6; recalls reaching Auschwitz. 145-6; recalls prewar life in Konin, 386; recalls a slave labour camp, 390-1 Herszberg, Jerzy: a slave labourer. 15 Herszkowicz, Eljasz: his house. 181 Herzl, Theodor: his daughter's fate, 102 Heszel, Rabbi [oszua: in Cracow. 182 Heydrich, Reinhard: 28. 42-6,60.62.63. 79. 83-4, 109. 211. 225. 377 High Synagogue (Prague): 69 Hildesheim, Szymek: his terrible death. 390-1 Hildesheim, Zalek: his fate, 377 Hiller. Moses and Helen: do not survive. 143; at Plaszow concentration camp. 176 Hiller. Shachne: survives, 143 Htmmler, Heinrich: his promise. 235; his plans for Lublin. 271; his guard. 285 'Himmlerstadt': 222. 278 Hirsch. Alice: executed. 41 Hirsch. Fredy: at Theresienstadt, 101 Hirschsprung family: its fate. 2-3 Hlrszman, Chaim: survives. and gives testimony. 215-6. 220; shot. 273 Hirszman, Pola: gives testimony, 273 Hitler. Adolf: 5. 11. 23. 24. 26. 28. 34. 47. 51. 57. 69. 77. 91. 109. 235. 240. 245.247.257.273.281,285. 391 n.I, 398 Hitler Youth: 5. 168 Hiwis (volunteer Police units): in action. 269 Hllnka, Father Andrej: 'Father of the People'. 118 Hlinka Guard (wartime Slovakia): 114. 121. 130 Hoengen (Germany): 6

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Hoess, Rudolf (at Auschwitz): 163 Hoffman, Camill: his fate. 108 Hoffman. Sergeant Ernst: a photographer, 160 Holle, Hermann: and God's punishment, 284 Holland: 2. 92. 96. 150-1. 170. 174. 221. 252. 253 Holme. Sergeant F. W.: taken prisoner. 192 Holocaust Museum (Washington D.C.): 76 Holocaust (Gerald Green): 76 The Holocaust. the Jewish Tragedy (Martin Gilbert): 349. 381 Holocaust Poetry (Hilda Shiff. editor): 171 Holzer. Isaac: deported. 197 Honduras (Central America): 313 Honigman (a custodian): in Lublin. 287 hope: and faith. 203 Hopsler (a philanthropist): 256 Horbacki, Wladyslaw: gives shelter. 198 Horni Lidec (Czech Republic): 114 Horodenka (Eastern Galicia): 217 Horst-Wessel-Strasse (wartime Lublin): 283 Hortensja Glass Factory (Piotrkow): 10. 358. 362-5 Hoser, Jan: in Warsaw. 297. 305. 306. 307. 316. 319 Hoskin. Herut: v, 132. 187. 275. 307. 320.341-2.354.388.404-6 Hotel BCA Wilhelmsberg (Berlin): 18 Hotel Harctur (Warsaw): 294. 296 Hotel Kamena (Chelm): 242 Hotel Kolonial (Skalite): 124. 132. 133 Hotel Konin (Konln): 387 Hotel Polom (Zilina): 116 Hotel Trybunalski (Piotrkow): 353 Hotel Unia (Lublin): 282. 286 Hovevei Zion: seeindex entry Lovers of Zion Hranice nad Morava (Czech Republic): 113 Hrubieszow (Poland): 225, 240. 247 Hungary: 44.45. 69. 77. 116. 121. 1445.155.160.177.316 n.I, 403 'Hurrah': a password. 253 Hus, Jan: his statue. 66. 71

If This Is A Man (Primo Levi): 147 Imperial War Museum (London): 49. 64.

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74,142 'Improvement Action' (Theresienstadt): 90-1 Indonesia Restaurant (Berlin): 27 Institute of Judaic Studies (Warsaw): 304 International Building Exhibition (Berlin): 23 Irish Republic (Eire): 44 n.1 Iron Cross: 37, 214 Iron Curtain (after 1945): 15 Irving, Solly: his recollection, 291-2 Isaac (an Eighth Century guide): 4 Isaiah: quoted- S, 95 isolation: a 'heavy yoke', 187 Israel, State of: 73, 111, 115-16, 121, 143,199,239,243,280,346,359, 378, 404 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: in Warsaw, 303 Isslerlis, Rabbi Moses: in Cracow, 182-3 Italian Embassy (Berlin): 23-4 Italian Front (1915): 189 Italian partisans: 250 Italian prisoners-of-war (in German hands): 24, 247 Italy: 54, 116, 121, 134, 174,221, 253; and mass murder sites, 247, 248, 250; deportations from, 403 Izbica Lubelska (Poland): 228-37, 397 Izbica Kujawska (Poland): 369, 382 Izbicki, John: in Berlin, 36 [ablunka Pass (Beskid Mountains): 113 [abotlnsky, Zev: his followers, 256 [achowicz, Josef: saves, 176 Jachowicz, Mrs.: and a Jewish child, 143 Jackson, Michael: 78 n.1 Jacob: and 'the Gate of Heaven', 374-5 Jacob, Ibrahim ibn: in Prague, 64 Jacob, Lili: her discovery, 160 Jaffa (Ottoman Palestine): 16 Jagellonian Library (Cracow): 179 Jagielski, Jan (and Robert Pasieczny): their guide book, 300-1 Janota (a foreman): questioned, 363; saves, 364 Japanese: 'problems' with, 281 Japanese Embassy (Berlin): 23

'[armulka': on display, 257 Jaroslaw (Poland): 205-7, 221, 287 Jawiszowice (Poland): 139 Jayson, Angela: v, 139, 171,255,275, 295, 307, 319, 349, 350, 354, 361, 365 n.I, 378-9, 380, 403, 406 [erusalem: 16, 37,46, 64, 76-7, 112, 255, 256, 288, 381 [eski, Gustav: and an execution, 238-9 Jesus (of Nazareth): 72 Jew SUss (film): 66 Jewish Burial Society (Prague): 402 Jewish Cemetery (Lodz): 368 Jewish Cemetery (Lublin): 287-8 Jewish Cemetery (Piotrkow): 346-50 Jewish Cemetery (Warsaw): 301, 324-5 Jewish Child's Day (1942): 302 Jewish Chronicle (London): 36, 243 Jewish Community House (Cesky Brod): 108 Jewish Councils: in Theresienstadt, 92, 934; in Cracow, 191; in the Rzeszow region, 201; in Zamosc, 222, 228; in Markuszow, 290; in Warsaw, 301, 302, 317; in Opoczno, 339; in Piotrkow, 360; in Ozorkow, 372 Jewish Dramatic Group (Wlodawa): 256 Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah): 14, 197 Jewish Fighting Organization (Poland): 186, 187, 187-8, 201 Jewish Football League (Theresienstadt): 91 Jewish Heritage Travel (Ruth Ellen Gruber): 108 Jewish Historical District Commission (Lublin): 215 Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw): since 1947, 304 Jewish Hospital (Cracow): 180-1 Jewish Hospital (Lublin): 270, 289 Jewish Lending Library (Konin): 384 Jewish National Home (in Palestine): promised, 225 Jewish Orphanage (Lublin): 274 Jewish Outpatients Clinic (Lublin): 274 Jewish Parliamentary Club (Poland): 178 Jewish Social Self-Help (Warsaw Ghetto): 304 Jewish Symphony Orchestra (Warsaw

INDEX Ghetto): 302 Jewish Theatre (Warsaw): 294. 300 Jewish Town Hall (Prague): 68. 69 Jewish Working Men's Club (Wlodawa): 256 Joachim. Marianne: executed. 40-41 Job: his cry. 251 Joint Polish-Soviet Historical Commission (1989): 308 [onasz, the son of Abraham: in Cracow. 181 Jones. Kathy: 142. 241, 320. 336. 354. 361 Jordan River: 350 [oselewicz, Colonel Berek: killed in action (1809). 292; a school named after. 355 Joseph II. Emperor (of Austria): 99 [ozef Pilsudski Prize: awarded. 181 [ubilat Hotel (Zamosc): 221 Jiidische Rundschau (Berlin): and the Star of David. 38 [ullopol (Poland): deaths near. 270 [urkovitch, Alain: his fate. 3 [utrzenka Club (Wlodawa): 256 Kabala: haunts. 136 Kac, Samuel: in Cracow. 182

Kadmsh:218. 348. 361 Kadri, Sadakat: his guide book. 66. 71 Kafka. Emil: killed. 69 Kafka. Franz: in Berlin. 36; his birthplace. 61, 68; his house. and novel, 72 Kafka. Ottla: her fate. 72-3 Kalisz (Poland): 225 Kaltenbrunner, Ernst: 28 Kam, Jerzyk: deported. 351 Kamenetsky (a cantor): his tombstone. 348; his house. 356 Kaminski. Esther: her tombstone. 324 Kara Glass Factory (Piotrkow): 363. 365 Karolowka (prisoner-of-war camp): 280 Karskl, Jan: an eye witness. 229-36 Katowice (Poland): 134 Katyn Massacre (1940): 295. 308-9 Katz. Edita: a partisan. 114 Katz. Regina: her memorial stone. 42 Katzenelson. Yitzhak: an eye witness. 312; his fate. 312-3 Kaufhaus des Westens (Berlin): 214

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Kaziemierza (Poland): 193 Kazimierz (Cracow): 175. 178-84 Kent (England): 1, 398 Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928): 24 Kew Gardens (New York): 361 n.I Kharkov (Russia): trial at. 283 Kiddush Hashem: at Auschwitz-Birkenau. 159; at Wlodawa. 258 Kielce (Poland): 112. 225 Kiev (Ukraine): 64. 82. 196. 246. 278 Kindertransport (1938-40): 6 Kirshenbaum. Mordechai: escapes. 291 Kirszenbau, Rachel: killed. 327 Klappholz. Kurt: and the coming of war (in 1939). 138-9 Klarsfeld, Serge: his researches. 240 Kleczany (Western Galicia): 201 Klein. Frania: her fate. 356 Klein. Gienek (Gershon): after liberation. 111-2; his home town. 356 Klein, [ozef shut. 347 Klein. Katriel: survives. 377 Klein. Marcus: survives. 356 Klein. Martin: returns to Zilina. 115 Klein. Michael: murdered. 332 Klem, Ludwig: a 'lord of life and death'. 229 Klin, Simon: liberated. 101-2 Klinzmann, Willi: at Treblinka station. 331 Klodawa (Poland): 369. 376. 381. 382 Klug, Dora: works in Hortensia, 365 n.I Klug family: remembered. at Chelmno, 378 Klug, Fradel: in Belchatow, 307 Klug, Itzhak Mordechai: his tombstone. 349 Klug, Mojsza Ruwu: murdered. 380 Klug, Ruda Persha: murdered. 380 Klukowskl, Zygmunt: an eye witness. 226. 226-7.236 Knoblach, Edward: 33. 34 Knychala, Leon: his good deed. 31-2 Koch. Karl: at Matdanek, 278 Kock (Poland): the fate of the Jews of. 268 Kodicek family (Kolin. Czechoslovakia): 109 Kohn, Albert: and the Czech language. 59 Kokut, Joseph: feared. 203 Kolin (Czech Republic): 108-10

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Kollwitz, Kathe: 29-30, 38 Kolo (Poland): 368, 375, 376, 378, 383 Kolo County (Poland): 369 Kolomyja (Eastern Galicia): 217 Kommer, Szepel: a youth leader, 256 Komorowo (Poland): 328 Konigstein (Germany): 56 Konin (Poland): 384-9, 398 Konin, A Quest (Theo Richmond): 384 Kopelman, [aakov: his tombstone, 288 Kopenlck (Germany): 52-3 'Kopenick Week of Blood': 53 Korbel, Arnost: murdered, 68 n.l Korczak, Janusz: an educator, 86; in Warsaw, 298,310-12,322-4; a memorial to, at Treblinka, 335 Koscielec (Poland): 384 Kotouc, Kurt: in Theresienstadt, 86 Kovno (Lithuania): 326 Kowale Panskie (Poland): 380 Krakowski, Shmuel: and 'anti-Semitic tendencies', 327 Krasa, Hans: his opera, and his fate, 94 Krasnystaw (Poland): 237, 238 Krause (a doorman): in Lublin, 274 Krautwtrt, Maurycy: his sign, 191 Krauwiert (an engineer): hanged, 176 Kremer, Dr. Johann: at Birkenau, 144, 169 Krieger, Mrs. (in Warsaw): her fate, 312 Kristallnacht (November 1938): 5, 6-7, 13, 17, 35-6, 38, 393-4 Krosniewice (Poland): 369 Krupp Munitions Works (Essen): 397 Krupp Villa (Berlin): 23, Krutzfeld, Police Lieutenant Wilhelm: his good deed, 35-6 Krychow (slave labour camp): 238 Kubis, Jan: betrayed, 63; killed, 64 Kujawski family: a monument for, 378 Kunowice (Poland): 394 Kunstadt, Dr. Eugen: his testimony, 120-1 Kupa Synagogue (Cracow): 183 Kurow (Poland): 291 Kurowski, Aleksander: executed, 385 Kutno (Poland): 369 Kutno County (Poland): 369 Kuzmin, Major: a liberator, 101

Labunie (Poland): 220 Lammers, Will and Mark: their sculpture, 31 Lancut (Poland): 202-5, 220, 257, 398 'The Land of Israel' (in Warsaw): 299 Landau, Rafal: in Cracow, 182 Landwehr Canal (Berlin): 20-1 Lanzman, Claude: and the film Shoah, 76 Lask (Poland): 378 Latvians: as guards, 229; as volunteers, 269; in the Warsaw Ghetto, 316 Le Crotoy (France): 63 League of Nations: 24 Leczyca (Poland): 141, 372 Lederer, Zdenek: and Sobibor, 248 Lehrte (Germany): 13 Leibovicz orphans: 3 Leine River (Germany): 12 Leipzig (Germany): 312 Leitmeritz (Sudetenland): 95, 99, 103-4 Lemberg: see index entry for Lvov Lenin, V. I.: 21 Leningrad (Soviet Union): 326 Lens (France): 225 Leo Baeck College (London): 36 Lepman and Rep's meat shop (Warsaw): 301 Lerch (of the S.S.): heads 'Clearance Commando', 295 Leslau (Silesia): 227 Less, Hermann and Johanna: their memorial stone, 42 Levi, Emilia: her death, 148 Levi, Primo: recalls a deportation to Auschwitz, 134-6; recalls reaching Auschwitz, 147-9; his poem 'Shema',

171 Levit, Dr, Jan: his fate, 105 Lewartowski, Josef: caught, and killed, 302 Lewental, Salmen: and the revolt at Birkenau, 153-4 Lewin, Rabbi Aaron: in Rzeszow, 201 Lewita, Rabbi Izaak: in Cracow, 182 Leyser, Karl: and the Ottonlans, 15-6 'Liberty': born, 341 Lichtenberg, Mosze Eliakim: his generosity (in 1916), 257 Lichtenberg Station (Berlin): 40, 52

INDEX Lichtenstein Palace (Prague): 73 Lichterfelde (Berlin): 30 Lichtheim, Richard: in Geneva. 9 Lidice (Czechoslovakia): destroyed. 109; and Chelmno, 377 Lieberose (concentration camp): 203. 396 Liebeskind, Adolf: attacks. 186 Liebesklnd, Rivka: her recollections. 186 Liebknecht, Karl: in Berlin, 20, 22. 29 Liege (Belgium): 4 Lille (France): 2-3, 225 Lindblad. Marie: v, 50. 61, 103. 140. 218. 219,258.340 Link. Louis: his fate. 32 Lipowa Street Camp (Lublin): 247. 269. 272.278,283.291,295 Lismann, Hermann: deported. 240 Liss, Chaim: near Hanover. 13 Lithuania: 44 Lithuanians: at Sobibor, 249; at Parczew, 269; in the Warsaw Ghetto. 316 Litomerice: see index entry for Leitmeritz 'Little Jerusalem' (Rzeszow, Poland): 201 Liversidge, Flight Commander John P.: killed in action. 192 Lodz (Poland): 13.225. 289, 312. 316. 344. 355. 366. 367-8. 371. 377 Lodz ghetto: 8. 9. 42. 49, 72. 79. 102. 125.145.368-71.374.376.377, 337 Loew, Rabbi Judah: and the Golem, 65-7. 222 Lokomotywa (Iullan Tuwim): 387 Lomazy (Poland): 269 Lomza (Poland): 328 London (England): 51, 54. 64. 205. 225. 240. 245. 324. 359 London Blitz (1940-1): 1 Londynski Hotel (pre-war Warsaw): 305 'Long Live Stalin': on the River Bug. 240 Los Angeles (California): 79 Lovers of Zion (Hovevei Zion): 197 Lovosice (Czech Republic): 58 Lubaczow (Poland): 207. 208 Lubartow (Poland): 227, 269. 270 Lubelski, Dr. Filip: serves under Napoleon, 223 Lubien (Poland): 260

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Lublin (Poland): 8, 141, 209. 212. 215. 225.229,247.253.269.270-5.309 Lublin. Yeshiva: 270. 288 Lubyanka Prison (Moscow): 308 Lucas. Eric: an eye witness. 6 Lucas, Michael: 6-7 Luria. Szlomo ben [echiel (the Maharshal): his tombstone. 288 Lustig, Hana (later Greenfield): her recollections. 108-9 Lustman's soap factory (Warsaw): 301 Luther. Martin: his advice. 14 Lututow (Poland): 376. 377 Lutz. Charles: in Budapest. 77. 145 Luxemburg: deportations from. 376 Luxemburg. Rosa: her fate, 21, 22. 221, 222 Lvov (Poland): 196.204.213.217.221, 278 Lyons (France): 92

Ma Vlast (Smetana): 60 Maariv: and a reporter from Chelm, 243 Maccabi (Zionist sports organisation): 38. 344 Macedonia (Greece): 334 Mackensen, Field Marshal von: remembered, 284-5 Madritsch, Julius: saves. 198-9. 363 Magdalen College (Oxford): 16 Magdeburg Barracks (Theresienstadt): 92. 93-4 Madgeburg (Germany): 15-17. 396 Main River (Germany): 178 Maisel. Marcus Mordecai: his tombstone. 70 Maisel. Samule: his grave. 108 Maisel Synagogue (Prague): 68 Majdan Tatarski (near Lublin): executions at. 274 Majdanek (concentration camp): 239. 247. 272.276-82.283.295.306.317. 320.398.404.405 Male Lajzer: his tombstone. 349: his story. 349-50 Malkinia Junction (Warsaw-Bialystok railway): 325. 328. 340 Makoszka Hamlet (Makoszka Forest): 267. 268

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Makoszka Forest (Poland): 264-5. 266. 267-8 Malkale (from Opoczno): deported. 337 Maimedy (Belgium): 4 Maly Trostenets (death camp): 82. 85 Marburg (Germany): 212 'March of the Living': 174. 280 Markuszow (Poland): desecration at. 281; escape to. 283; escape from. 290-1 Marody, Stefan: and Genghis Khan. 315 Martinho, Janina: survives. 191 Marymont (Warsaw): 341 Marysin Station (Lodz): 369. 370 Masaryk Street (Bohusovice): 81 Masaryk, Thomas: 72. 81 Massada Youth Group (Cracow): 179 Mauthausen (concentration camp): 69. 250. 332 Mayer, Helene: competes. 41 Mayer. Yogi: in Berlin. 30 Meed. Vladka: an eye witness. 318. 320; her return to the Warsaw Jewish cemetery. 325 Meirtchak, Benjamin: publishes names (1996). 309. 327 Meissen (Germany): 54 Mekler, David: an eye witness. 226 Melanchthon, Philip: 21 Melbourne (Australia): 359 Melnik (Czech Republic): 60 Memelland (Baltic): 172 Mendelssohn. Moses: in Berlin. 32-3 Mengele, Dr.: at Birkenau, 144. 159 Menorah (candelabra): 178. 204 Meshulam, Reb: and 'The Land of Israel' in Warsaw. 299-300 'Mexico' (Auschwitz): 161 Meyer. M.: in Theresienstadt, 92 Michalsen (of the S.S.): heads 'Clearance Commando'. 285 Michel, lise: her recollections. 172 Michel, S.S. Technical Sergeant Hermann: at Sobibor, 251-2 Miechow (Poland): 193 Mielec (Poland): 208 Milowka (Poland): 13 7 Minsk (White Russia): 82. 85. 294 Miriam (of the Jewish Fighting

Organisation): shot. 186 Moabit Prison (Berlin): 52 Mohne Dam (Germany): 10-11 Moldavia: 60 Mongols: and administration. 315; in Budapest. 316 n.I: and a deportation to Treblinka, 338 Moniek (a Jewish partisan): 263 Monowitz (near Auschwitz): 53-4. 143. 148. 149 Moravian Gates (White Carpathians): 113 Mordowicz. Czeslaw: in uprising. 114; escapes from Auschwitz. 170 Moriah, Mount: and Abraham. 80 Morris. Ros: v, 211. 242, 295. 306. 319. 386,400-1 Moscow (U.S.S.R.): 17. 82. 294. 308 Moscow-Brussels Express: reaches Konm, 389; reaches Bielefeld. 396; reaches Aachen. 398 Moses: and a denouncer of sons-in-law. 244 Moszczenica village (near Piotrkow): 352 Muller, Heinrich: at Wannsee. 44. 46; sends Eichmann to Chelmno, 380-1 Munich (Germany): 8. 361 Murmelstein, Dr.: in Thereslenstadt, 93 Museum of the Lost Jewish Race: proposed. 69.110 Nachmanowicz, Miss: raped. 346 Napoleon Bonaparte: Jews serve under, 223; a portrait of. 295 Nasz Przeglad (Our Review): 178 The Nazarene (Sholem Asch): 256 Nehemia (a soldier): a prisoner-of-war. 341-2 Ner River (Poland): 375 Neubenschen (German-Polish border): 12 Neuhof Chaim: and the revolt at Birkenau, 153 Neumann. Trude: dies. 102 Neumannova, Eva: her testimony. 121 Neville. Paul: v, 8. 23. 25. 82, 159. 178. 205.217, 218,251.25~ 275. 27~ 280.294.307.333.340.353.379. 385 New York City (New York): 294. 299

INDEX Newcastle (England): 342 Newman, Paul: in Exodus, 77 Niegow (Poland): 341 Niemce Wood (near Lublin): executions in, 270, 289 Noah's Ark: 204 Noah's Ark restaurant (Berlin): 38 Nordhausen (concentration camp): 13, 160, 367 Normandy Landings (Iune 1944): 3 Norway: 48, 54, 394 Norwegian Legation (Berlin): 23 Novy Ouholice (Czech Republic): 106 Nowy Dziennik (New Daily): 178, 178-9 Nozyk, Rywka bat Mosze: memorialized, 300 Nozyk, Zalman: his house, 298; his synagogue, 300 Nozyk Synagogue (Warsaw): 298, 300 Nuremberg (Germany): 8, 28 Nuremberg Trials (1946): 28, 150 Nusymowicz, Hilel: killed in action, 223 Nyss, Lajbl: his house, 356 Oberlender, Aleksander: murdered, 309 Obra River (Poland): 393 Obuchowski, Berek (later Bob Roberts): his recollection, 372 Ochodnica (Slovakia): 121 Ochoza Forest (Poland): 264, 265-6 Ochoza (Poland): 268 Oder River: 391, 394 Odessa (Russia): 194 Office for Jewish Affairs (Berlin): 37 Ogrodowa Street (slave labour camp): 272, 286 Ohre River (Czech Republic): 83, 84, 89, 95,104 Okecie Airport (Warsaw): 341 Old Synagogue (Cracow): 179-80, 182 Old Town Square (Prague): 61, 71 Oleszyce (Poland): 207 Olomouc (Czech Republic): 112 Olympic Games (Atlanta, 1996): 41 Olympic Games (Berlin, 1936): 27, 41 Olympic Stadium (Berlin): 23, 41 O'Neil, Robin: v, 9, 25, 52, 61, 112-3, 116,140,157,176,188,191, 192,

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199,220,282,307,316,342,352, 377,386,389,392,400,401 Opera House (Berlin): 29 Operation Reinhard (death camps): 225, 229,269,271,276,284,285,317 Opoczno (Poland): 337, 342 Oppenheim, Rabbi David: a bibliophile, 70 Oranienburgerstrasse Synagogue (Berlin): 34-6,71 Order of the Bath: a Companion of, 57 Ordinary Men (Christopher Browning): 268,278-9 Orstein family (Kolin, Czechoslovakia): 109 Oslo (Norway): a deportation from, 394 Osnos, Leo: his house. in Warsaw, 300-1 Osowa (Poland): 248-9 Ostashkov (Russia): massacre at, 309 Oster, Peter: and an execution, 238-9 Ostoja Restaurant (on road to Warsaw): 293 Ostrava (Czech Republic): 122 Ostrow Mazowiecka (Poland): 328. 340 Otoczno (Poland): 389; recollections of, 390-1 Ottakar II, King (of Bohemia): 65 Otter, Baron von: learns of mass murder, 215 Otto (a German prisoner): 165 Otto IV: 16 Otto the Great: 16 Otwock (Poland): 293-4 Oxford (England): 16,21, 70 Ozorkow (Poland): 372 Pabianice (Poland): 377 Paderbom (Germany): 11 Padua (Italy): 182 'Padua of the North' (in Poland): 221 Pagis, Dan: 'how to explain?', 379 Pale of Settlement (Tsarist Russia): 207 Palestine: 10, 12, 16-7, 37, 60, 69. 85, 102, 106, 114, 115. 178, 194, 199. 208,225,256,265,289,337,342, 347, 361, 404 Palestine Office (Berlin): 37 Pankiewicz, Taduesz: an eye witness, 18890 Parczew (Poland): 268-9

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Parczew Forests (Poland): 265-8, 283 Pardubice (Czech Republic): 110 Paris (France): 149, 197, 225, 240, 293, 324, 354, 393 Park Hotel (Prague): 79 Park Hotel (Theresienstadt): 102 Parysow (Poland): 293 Passover: and a 'blood libel' accusation, 141, 342; in Rejowiec (1942), 238; recalled, 239; in pre-war Parysow, 293; in Piotrkow (1942), 350 'The Past is Warning' (exhibition): 48 Patronka (near Bratislava): 120 Paul, Regent (of Yugoslavia): 23 Pawiak Prison (Warsaw): 321 Pawlowski, Father Grzegorz: see index entry for Griner, [akub Pearl Harbour: attack on (December 1941): 50 Pechersky, Alexander: leads a revolt, 253 Pelkinie (Western Galicia): 203 Pensjonat Palaczyk (Lancut, Poland): 203 'People of Good Will': and a monument, 210 Peretz, I. L.: and the Golem, 67; his birthplace, 221-2, 223, 256; a school named after. 289-90; his house, in Warsaw. 301; his tombstone, in Warsaw, 324 Perl, Dr. Gisella: and a recollection of Birkenau, 150-1 Perlasca, Carlos: in Budapest. 77, 145 Perlman. Itzhak: performs in Warsaw. 303 Petschek, Ignaz: a coal merchant, 58 Pfannenstiel, S.S. lieutenant-Colonel Dr.: at Belzec, 212-3 'Pharmacy under the Eagle' (Cracow): 188 Philadelphia (U.S.A.): 366 Picon, Molly: stars, 356 Pied Piper: 12 pilots: appreciation for. 15 Pllsudski, Marshal: 15, 245 Pilzow (Western Galicia): 199 Plnczewskl-Grossnass. Sheila: and Rejowiec, 239 Pinkas Synagogue (Prague): 68.403 Piotrkow ghetto: 9-10, 343-5. 346-52, 354-65

Piotrkow Trybunalski (Poland): 225, 256, 280,292,332.335-6,341.342-3. 387 Piper. Dr. Franciszek: at Auschwitz Museum. 173 Pima (Germany): 55 Pius XII, Pope: protests, 131 Planty (Cracow): 140-1, 178, 185 Plaszow (concentration camp): 176-8. 191.195,199,227.279 Plazow (Poland): 208 Plebania Wola village (Poland): 267 Plotzensee Prison (Berlin): 52 Podgorze (Cracow): 180, 181, 187-94 Podmokly (Czech Republic): 57 Podmokly Barracks (Theresienstadt): 100 Pohl, S.S. lieutenant-General: and Jewish 'wealth', 392 Poland: 57, 111-2, 119 onward Police Battalion 101: at Parczew, 269, 278 Poniatowa (Poland): 332. 339 Poniatowa (concentration camp): 279 Popieluszko, Father Jerzy: murdered (1984), 242-3; a street named after, 286 Poplawski. Father Seweryn: helps save Jewish children, 303 Porta Bohemica (River Elbe): 56 Porta Bohemica Express (HamburgPrague): 52 Portugal: 44 n.1 Postal Transport Office (Berlin): 35 Potsdam (Germany): 17, 54 Povazska Bystrica (Slovakia): 115 Powierce village (near Chelmno): 375. 376, 383 Poznan (Poland): 15, 141; Himmler's speech at. 391-2 Prague (Czechoslovakia): 53, 58. 61-2. 63-74,75-81.82,83,84,106,107, 222,243.398.402 Prague (Sadakat Kadri): 66. 71 Princeton University (U.S.A.): 386 Princip, Gavrilo: imprisoned, 105 Pristoupim (CzechRepublic): 107 Procopius, Saint: in Prague, 72 Prokocim (Cracow): 176 Prosenice (Czech Republic): 113

INDEX Przeworsk (Poland): 205 Przydlowski (from Opoczno): urges escape, 339 Przytyk (Poland): 190 Puchov (Slovakia): 115 Pulawy (Poland): 291 Pulman, Szymon: conducts, 302 Purim: and the Jews of Radzymin, 326: and the Jews of Piotrkow, 346-7 Purke, Josef: killed, 154 Puszcza Biala (eastern Poland): 327-8 Puszcza Niepolomicka (Poland): 194 Puszcza Solska (Poland): 208 Pyrenees Mountains: 22 Race and Resettlement Office (Berlin): 271 Rachel Women's Society (Berlin): 37 Radio Free Europe: 73 Radogoszcz (Lodz): 366, 368, 370-1 Radom (Poland): 211 Radzymin (Poland): 326 Rahm, Karl: a commandant, 91, 92, 93, 99, 115 Rajcza (Poland): 137 Rajzman, Samuel: recalls Treblinka, 337 Rakow Forest (near Piotrkow): 345, 3478 Ramat Hasharon (Israel): 378 Ranke, Leopold von: 33 Raszeja, Professor: killed for helping a Jewish child, 302 Rataewski, Sarah and Abraham: their granddaughter, 387 Rath, Ernst vom: shot, 393, 394 rats: 76 Ravensbriick (concentration camp): 250, 356 Rawa Ruska (Ukraine): 211, 212 Raye, Michael: in Cracow, 178 'Reception Square' (Treblinka): 334 Red Army: 47, 53, 54, 58, 60, 206, 224, 252-3,272,277,326,341 Red Cross (International Committee of the Red Cross): 77, 88, 90-1, 94, 98, 99, 103, 115, 341 Red Orchestra (spy ring): 28 Regina (at Auschwitz): executed, 155 Reich League of Jewish Front Line Fighters:

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37 Reich Security Main Office (R.S.H.A.): 37, 38,43,84,100 Reik, Havivah: a parachutist, 114 Reinhard-Heydrich-Strasse (wartime Lublin): 283 Rejowiec (Poland): 238-9 Religious Zionist Movement (Mizrachi): 16 Remba, Nahum: his acts of rescue, with his wife, 317 Remuh Synagogue (Cracow): 182, 183 Renzo ... and Francesca: reach Birkenau, 148 Republic of Shkid (Theresienstadt): 86 Reznik, Josef: an eye witness, 247-8 Rheindorf, Konrad: in Lublin, 272 Rhine River: 9, 54, 64, 350, 398 Rhodes (Aegean Sea): 121 Richmond, Theo: the historian of Konin Jewry, 384, 387 Riga (Latvia): 31, 82, 88, 326, 397 Ringelblum, Emanuel: in Warsaw, 9, 258, 294, 304, 321 Rip, Mount (Czech Republic): 105 Ritterband, Sara: survives, 215 Robota, Roza: executed, 155 Rochele (from Opoczno): deported, 337 Rolnik, Ruchla: her tombstone, 349; her story, 349-50 Rome (Italy): 8 Romulus: and the Roman Republic, 397 Roosevelt, President Franklin D.: 50 Ropczyce (Poland): 200 Rosa Luxemburg Street (Lublin): renamed, 286 Rosenblum, Yosef Berish: his satire, 350 Rosenbusz, Maximilian: deported, 197; his wife and daughter saved, 198 Rosenstrasse (Berlin): demonstration at, 30-1 Rosenwald (from Piotrkow): and a chance reunion, 361 Rosenzweig, Dr. Aharon Artur: deported, 191 Rosin, Arnost: escapes from Auschwitz, 170 Rostov-on-Don (Russia): 253

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Roth, Ernst: 4 Rotholz, Lotte: executed, 41 Rothschild, Baron Edmond de: and Lubaczow, 208 Rottenberg, Aizik: and resistance, 258 Roubicek family (Kolin, Czechoslovakia): 109 Roudnice (Czech Republic): 59 Roumania: 44 n.2, 45, 115 Roumanians: 281 Royal Air Force: 10 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (R.A.F.V.R.): 42 Rozen, Samuel: murdered, 309 Rozenfeld, Semyon: escapes, and fights, 253 Rubisch, Jozef: murdered, 309 Ruhland (Germany): 53-4 Rumbuli Forest (Riga): 31, 82, 397 Ruppin, Arthur: 16 Russian slave labourers: 11 Ruthenia: 44. 68. 69 Ruzomberok (Slovakia): 121 Ryki (Poland): 291-2 Rzepin (Poland): 394 Rzepkowlcz, Mania: her voluntary act, 372 Rzeszow (Poland): 153,200.201-2. 309 S.A. (stormtroopers): 6 S.S. ('protection squads'): 15. 37: Race and Resettlement Office, 44. 50; and an escape. 54; receive pensions. 55; Ukrainians in. 59; goods taken by, 89; in Theresienstadt, 84. 88. 89, 91, 92. 100. 102; in Auschwitz. 114. 145-6. 147, 153-5. 156-7, 159, 162. 165, 168.169.170.174.187,401; at Zilina, 122; at Plaszow, 176; in Cracow. 186, 189, 190; and a photo album. 160; at Belzec, 212. 213, 216. 273; at Izbica Lubelski, 232-3; and Sobibor, 246. 249. 251-2.253; east of the River Bug, 259; in Parczew, 269; in Lublin. 271. 274. 284; at Majdanek, 277. 278; in Warsaw, 302,312,313, 316; at Treblinka. 32930, 331, 333; in the Piotrkow Ghetto. 344-5. 348, 358, 364; in Lodz, 368; at Chelmno, 381-3; at Otoczno slave

labour camp. 390; Himmler's speech to (1943),391-2; at the German-Polish border (1938). 393; at Lieberose, 396 St. Cyril and St. Methodius Cathedral (Prague): 63-4. 74 St. Gudule Cathedral (Brussels): 3 St. Hedwig's Hospital (Berlin): 33 St. Petersburg (Russia): 86 St. Petersburg-Aachen Express: reaches Konin.389 Sachsenhausen (concentration camp): 30. 52. 396 Sadat, President Anwar: and a Chelmite. 243 Safir Brothers: in Cracow. 179 Salman. Mikhail: and blood libels, 141 Salonica (Greece): 334 Salzburg (Austria): 136 Sambor (Eastern Galicia): 374 Samothrace (Aegean): 334 Samson's Place (Warsaw Jewish restaurant): 307 San River (Poland): 202, 206, 207 San Sabba (concentration camp): 250 Sanbra-Kahane, Filip: fights, 204 Saphlerstein, Frieda: her memorial stone, 42 Sara and Manfred Frenkel Foundation (Antwerp): 290 Sarona (Palestine): 347 Satanowska, Miss: raped. 346 Saxony (Germany): 56 Scharf, Rafael: his recollections, 178-9 Schechter, Mrs.: deported. 137 Scheunenviertel (Berlin): 30 Schiff. Hilda: her poetry anthology, 171 Schindel, Sol: and the revolt at Birkenau, 154; his home town. 201 Schindler, Oskar: his home town. 112; saves, 177; his factory. 191-2; fellow factory owners. 198-9. 363 Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg): 181. 183. 187 Schipper, Dr. Ignacy: lectures, 304 Schirmer. Dr. Robert: in Budapest. 77 Schleicher, General Kurt von: murdered. 391 n.I Schlieben (Germany): 5. 53. 56

INDEX Schoenberner. Gerhard: founding director of Wannsee memorial museum. 47-9 Schoegarten, Dr. Karl: at Wannsee. 45-6 School of the Sages of Lublin: 288 Schubert: and a Ghetto concert. 302 Schulze-Boysen. Harro: executed. 28 Schwarzbart, Dr. Adolf: in Cracow. 180-1 Schwarzhuber (at Auschwitz): 163 Seattle (U.S.A.): 237 Sedziszow (Poland): 200-1 Seidl. Dr. Siegfried: a commandant. 84 Sennelager (Germany): 11 Sephardi Jews: in Zamosc, 221 Serafinov (Slovak Republic): 125. 133 Sered (Slovakia): 120 Shalom Aleichem: celebrated. 181 Shane. Charles: his recollections. 202-3 Shaulis: a conscripted police force. 316 Shelley. Lore: and the Union Factory. 172 Sherit ha'Pleyta (Remnant of the Survivors): 350 Shklarek, Moishe: an eyewitness. 251-2 Shoah Foundation: 76. 170-1 Shulamit: performed. 256 Shulhan Arukh (Ioseph Carol: 182-3 Sweria: 78. 277. 308. 384 Siena (Italy): 181 Sieradz (Poland): 59. 376. 377. 390 Silesia: 203. 227 Silesia-Cracow railway: 140 Simpson. Wallace: and a boy from Chelm, 245 Singer. Isaac Bashevis: 220. 242. 298-300 Singer, Israel Joshua: 220 Skalite (Slovak Republic): 123, 123-33 Skalite-Zwardon railway line: 132 Skinhead Festival: banned, 281 Slaboszow (Poland): 193 Slodki, Morche: executed, 385 Slovak Railways: III Slovak-Polish border: 119, 123--4 Slovakia: 44 n.Z, 45. 69. 11~117, 118133,197.291.402,403 Small Fort (Theresienstadt): 92, 104-5 Smetana. Bedrich: 60, 85 Smolensk (Russia): 308 Sniatyn (Eastern Galicia): 217 soap: and Jews, 78

475

Sobibor (death camp): 225. 227. 239, 248, 249-54,255.257.258,270,275. 284,291.293,320,332.353.398, 401, 402. 404. 405 Society of Undertakers (Lublin): 271 Soest (Germany): 10 Sokal (Poland): 206 Sokolow Podlaski (Poland): 330 Sola River (Poland): 13 7, 154 Solingen (Germany): 9 Soloveichik, Rav Joseph Baer: his tombstone. 324 Somme, Battle of (1916): 29. 279 Somme River (France): 63 Sommer. Field Marshal von: in Theresienstadt, 92 Sompolno (Poland): 369 Sonderkommando: at Birkenau, 151-2, 152-5, 155-6,401; at Belzec, 214. 216; at Majdanek, 277; at Treblinka, 332-3; at Chelmno, 381-3 The Song of the Murdered People (Yitzhak Katzenelson): 313 Song of Victory: at Theresienstadt, 94 Sonnenstein (Germany): 56 Sorge, Richard: 17 Sosabowski, Stanislaw: releases slave labourers, 314 Sosnowiec (Poland): 153 South African Legation (Berlin): 25 South America: 348 Soviet Central Asia: 206, 308 Soviet prisoners-of-war (in German hands): 11,95.129, 154, 167, 170. 173,206. 222,246,247.269,280,328.360 Soviet Union: 21, 38, 48, 77, 102. 206. 259. 308, 326. 334 'Spa Terezin': a deception, 84 Spain: 22. 44 n.I, 253 Spandau (Berlin): 21 Spanish Embassy (Berlin): 22 Spanish Synagogue (Prague): 70-1 Spartacus League: 20 Speer. Albert: his architecture, 22, 23, 24 Spielberg. Steven: and survivor testimony, 76.170-1; and Schindler's List. 181, 183. 187 Spitzer, Dr. Marcel: in Cracow. 181

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Spree River (Berlin): 30, 35, 37 Stalag 324: as many as 13,000 Russian prisoners-of-war murdered at, 328 Stalag 327: fate of Russian prisoners-ofwar at, 206 Stalag 333: mass murder of Russian prisoners-of-war at, 328 Stalin, Josef: 17, 60, 78, 309, 394 Stangl, S.S. Captain Franz: interviewed in Lublin, 286: the commandant at Treblinka, 332 Stanmore (London): 1 Star of David (the 'Yellow Star'): 38, 42, 77, lOS, 159, 181,213, 307, 308, 371, 378 Starobielsk (Russia): massacre at, 309 State Jewish Museum (Prague): 69 'State Old People's Home': a deception, 84 'Station Square' (Treblinka): 334 Stauffenberg, Count: 24 Stawki Street Hospital (Warsaw): and the 1942-3 deportations, 298 Stefan (a farmer): helps, 260, 261 Stein, Simon: shot, 347 Steinberg, Sevek: his building, 355 Steiner, Ervin: his testimony, 120 Stepanov (Czech Republic): 111 Stepkow village (Poland): 267, 268 Stepney, Bishop of: 173 Stettin (Germany, later Poland): a deportation through, 394 'Stock Exchange of Hell': 151 Storch's Synagogue (Cracow): 182 Story of a Secret State (Jan Karski): 229 Stransky, Hugo: emigrates, 115 Straskov (Czech Republic): 106 Strawa River (Piotrkow): 350 Streibel, S.S. Captain Karl: recruits volunteers, 269 Strekov Castle (Elbe): 58 Strien, Salli: his fate, 32 Sucha Gora (Poland): 13 7 Suchomil, Franz: at Treblinka, 333 Sudeten Barracks (Theresienstadt): 99 Sudeten Mountains: 96, 98 Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia): 57, 59, 81, 177, 191 Suez Canal: 316 n.1

Sukkot (Tabernacles): and the Jews of Radzymin, 326 Susser family: its house, 180 Suwalki (Poland): 337 Svitavy (Czech Republic): 112 Svrcinovec (Slovak Republic): 123 Sweden: 44 n.L 48, 78, 394 Sweden, King of (Gustav V): 131 Swedish invaders: 61 Swiebocka, Teresa: her plans, 173, 174 Swiecice (Poland): 193 Switzerland: 3, 44 n.I, 80, 85, 102, 144, 254 Symcha (a Jewish partisan): 264 Szapira, Rabbi Meir: his aim, fulfilled, 2889; his grave, 290 Szczebrzeszyn (Poland): 224, 226-7, 236 Szczecin: see index entry for Stettin Szebnie (slave labour camp): 196 Szeniawa (Western Galicia): 203 Szlomo, Szmo: exiled (in 1863), 384 Szperber, Baruch: a cantor, 187 Szulman, Jakub: hears a horrific story, 373-4 Szulman, [ozef Mozes: murdered, 309 Szwajcer, Josef: killed, 55 Szwedzka Street (Zamosc): prisoner-of-war camp, 280 T4 (Tiergartenstrasse No.4): 25, 56; and Lublin, 273 Tabor Family Camp (Parczew forests): 265 Tabor, Mount (Galilee): 105, 265 Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach): performed, 92; tunes from, played, 150 Tall Synagogue (Cracow): 181 Talmon, Professor J. L.: and pre-war Polish Jewry, 306 Tarnow (Poland): 197-9, 309, 363 Tatars: invade, lIS, 185 Tatra Mountains (Slovak-Polish border): 121 Taussig, Josef: his poem, and his fate, 89 Teiner, Mordechai Josef: a righteous man, 237 Tejkowski, Benek: leads skinheads, 306-7 Tel Aviv (Israel): 79, 239, 289, 360 Tempel Synagogue (Cracow): 178, 183

INDEX Tenenbaum, Judah: attacks, 186 The Terezin Ghetto (Ludmila Chadkova): 85 Teschen: seized, 57 Theresienstadt (ghetto): 5,8,11, 17, 30, 31, 32, 36, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 69, 723, 78, 79, 82, 83-103, 106, 110, lID1, 115, 229, 236, 238, 239, 248, 397, 402-3 Thilo, S.S. Lieutenant Heinz: at Birkenau, 169 Thon, Dr. Osias: in Cracow, 178 Thorn's Restaurant (Cracow): 180 'Thousand Year Reich' (1933-45): 5 Thrace (Greece); 334 Tichever, Abysh: memories of, 243 Ttergarten (Berlin): 20, 22 Tigris River: 77 Tiso, Monsignor Jozef: wartime President (of Slovakia), 22, 130 Tokyo (Japan): 17 Tomaszow Lubelski (Poland): 208, 219, 309 Topography of Terror (exhibition, Berlin): 28 Toronto (Canada): 94 Toszka (at Auschwitz): executed, 155 Tower of Babel: 80 The Traces of Monuments of Jewish Culture in the Lublin Region (Andrzej Trzcinski):

282 The Tragedy of Slovak Jews (Vlasta

Kladivova): 120 Trakt Pamieci (Memory Lane): in Warsaw, 309-10 'Transport Aa': leaves Theresienstadt, 229 'Transport Ax': from Theresienstadt, 248 Trapp (a commander): and the fate of the Jews, 269 Trawniki (Poland): concentration camp at, 215; S.S. training centre at, 269; mass murder at, 279 TrebIinka (death camp): 79, 215, 225, 249,269,284,291,293,296,298, 308, 310, 312, 313, 324, 325, 326, 328,329-31,332-9,340,348,349, 351, 362, 364, 365, 367, 380, 400, 404,405 Tregenza, Barbara (Basia): sings, 282

477

Tregenza, Mike: and Belzec, 209, 254; in Zamosc, 226-8; at Izbica Lubelska, 228-9, 237; at Chelm, 242; at Sobibor, 249-50,257; in Lublin, 276, 284, 290; at Majdanek, 280 Trieste (Italy): 250 Trojany (Poland): 341 Troy: recalled, 64 Trumpeldor, Josef: his admirers, and his fate, 256 Trumpeldor Youth Group (Wlodawa): 256 Trzcinski, Andrzej: his guide book, 271, 282 Trzebinia (Poland): 140 Turek (Poland): tombstones from, 379-80 Turkey: 44 n.I, 221, 351 Turkish Embassy (Berlin): 25 Tumo (a hamlet in Poland): an episode at, 263-4 Tumo, David: his estate, 263-4 Turobin (Poland): 225 Tusa, Etelka: her recollections, 172 Tuszyn (Poland): 364, 366-7 Tuwim, Julian: his street, and his poem, 387 Tyn Church (Prague): 71 Tyszowce (Poland): 224 Uhnin village (Poland): 264, 266-7 Ukraine: 44, 274, 379 Ukrainian Front (1941-4): 279 Ukrainians: 209-10, 213, 214, 229, 246, 249,252,253,255,260,269,274, 312, 316, 318, 329, 331, 334, 338, 359 Umschlagplatz (Warsaw): deportations from, 309-10, 313, 315-17, 319, 320, 325, 341 Union Factory (Auschwitz): 155, 172, 397 The Union Kommando in Auschwitz (Lore Shelley): 172 United Nations (New York): 68 n.I United States: 37,48, 55, 102, 109, 143, 144,145,199,204,206,243,261, 288, 324, 346, 386 United States Army: 13-14,47-8 United States Press Office (West Berlin): 48 United States Signal Corps: 13-14

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Unknown Soldier Memorial (Warsaw): 295, 301, 341 Unter den Linden (Berlin): 29-30, 51 Unzer Gajst (Zamosc): 222 Upper Silesia: 173, 342 Ural Mountains (Russia): 195 UrieI Dacosta: performed, 256 Uris, Leon: his nevel, 77 Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic): 58 Usti nad Orlici (Czech Republic): 110 Uszerowicz, Sura: her tombstone, 349; her story, 349-50 VI (flying bombs): 1 Vacuum Oil Factory (Poland): 139 Valley of the Communities (Yad Vashem): 380 Van Dam. Max: killed, 253-4 Vancouver (Canada): 157 Vanity, the Turk and the Jew (Prague): 71 Vasil (a villager): shot, 263 Veltrusy (Czech Republic): 60 Vedem (newspaper): 86 Velvel (the Wolf): survives, and fights, 246 Verviers (Belgium): 4 'Via Dolorosa': in Zamosc, 226 Vienna (Austria): 21, 84, 102, 136, 177, 198,199,206,284,288,337 Vienna-Cracow Express (in the Second World War): 140 Vienna-Cracow railway line: 295 Vietnam Memorial (Washington D.C.): 68, 315 Vilna (Lithuania): 73, 326 Virtuti Militari: awarded to a Jew, 314-15 Vistula River (Poland): 142, 175, 180, 191, 293, 294, 325 Vittel (France): 312-13 Vlasov, General: changes sides, 265; fights alongside Germans, 267 Vltava River (Czech Republic): 60, 61, 656, 76, 78, 81, 107 Vogelfanger, Dawid: killed in action, 223 Voigt (a cobbler): 52 Volkov, Dmitri: at Auschwitz, 129, 167 Volkovysk (Poland, now Lithuania): 328 Volozhin, Rav Chaim of: his tombstone,

324 Voroshilov Battalion (Russian partisans): 266 Vrba, Rudolf: in Slovak uprising, 114; his escape from Auschwitz, 127-31, 137, 161-8,170; in 'Canada', 157-8; his report, 144, 171 Vsetin (Czech Republic): 113 Wagner, Richard: 24, 29 Walker, Miss: in hiding, 193 'Wall of Death' (Birkenau): 174 Wallenberg, Raoul: in Budapest, 77, 145 Walter, Second Lieutenant Bernhard: his photo album, 160 Wannsee (Berlin): 1-2, 17,22,42-51, 73, 374, 380 The War of the Doomed (Shmuel Krakowski): 327 Ward, Alec: his recollections of childhood, 293 Warsaw (Poland): 20, 82, 186, 192, 223, 235,263,294-6,297-321,322325, 333, 341 Warsaw, Archbishop of: 300 Warsaw Ghetto: 9, 47, 231, 258, 279, 294,297-302,303-7,308-20 Warsaw Ghetto Revolt (1943): 294, 300 Warsaw Uprising (1944): 295, 304-5, 306, 307-8, 314-15 Warsaw-Berlin railway: 215 Warsaw-Lvov highway: 209, 278, 279 Warta River (Poland): 376, 383, 385, 387 Washington D.C. (U.S.A.): 51, 68, 76, 144, 315 Waterloo Station (London): 1, 398 Wawel Castle (Cracow): 142, 175 Wawer (Warsaw): 294 Wdowinski, David: his recollections, 317 Wegierska Gorka (Poland): 137 Weidt, Otto: his brave deed, 31 Weinberg, Professor Felix: his home town, lID-I

Weinberger, Zdenek: his poem, 86-7 Weiss, Rabbi: in a photograph, 160 Weissensee Jewish Cemetery (Berlin): 19, 40 Welkenraedt (Belgium): 4

INDEX

Weltsch, Robert: and the Star of David. 38 Wencelas Square (Prague): 61-6 Wenecki Hotel (pre-war Warsaw): 305 Werner, Hersch: his recollections. 260-61, 262-3. 264. 265-7 Werner, Mark: 264 Westennann. Lieutenant: an eye-witness. 217 Western Front (1914-18): 2 Western Galicia: 185. 194. 196-206 Westminster (London): 20 Westminster Synagogue (London): 110 Wetzler. Alfred: escapes from Auschwitz. 127-31, 137. 161-8. 170: his report, 144 White Russia (Byelorussia): 44 Widerszpal's foodstore (Warsaw): 301 Wieder, Emil: deported. 197 Wiesel, E1ie: and the Golem, 67; recalls a deportation to Auschwitz. 136-7; and crosses at Blrkenau, 159. 173. 377; and the 'right' to write about the Holocaust. 405 Wilczynska. Stefania: accompanies orphans. 322. 323 Wilder. Krulik: and Chelm, 243; and pwtrkow. 354. 357. 362. 364 Wilga River (Poland): 293 Wilhelm II. German Emperor: 9 Willenberg. Samuel: a survivor of Trebllnka, 332-3 Winer. Bernice: deported. 3 Winnie the Pooh: in Warsaw. 323 Winogrodski. Szlamek (later Ray Wino): his house. 350 Wippern. S.S. Major Georg: in Lublin. 285 Wirth. Christian: at Belzec, 213-14. 217; leaves for Trieste. 250; in Lublin. 276. 285 Wirths. Dr. Eduard: at Birkenau. 144. 15960. 169 Wlodawa (Poland): 141. 249. 250. 252. 254.255-9.260.398 Wojnicz (Western Galicia): 197 Wojtyla. Karol (later Pope John Paul II): 142-3 Wola Duchacka (Cracow): 176 WoltT. Pauline: her memorial stone. 42

479

Wonns (Germany): 8 Wostefeld. Petra: v. 103. 140, 254. 258. 319.388.402 Wolsztejn (a boy from Silesia): his fate. 227-8 Wolka Okraglik (Poland): 331 Wright, Flight Lieutenant William D.: killed in action. 192 Wulf, Joseph: a pioneer. 48 Wuppertal (Germany): 10. 331 Wylkowice (Poland): 138 Wyszkow (Poland): 326, 340 Yad Vashem (Ierusalem): 255. 380 Yankel (in hiding): his fate, 264 Yellow Star: see index entryfor Star of David The Yellow Star (Gerhard Schoenberner): 48 Yerkowski, Fanny: deported. 3 YidI mitn fidI (film): 356 Yohel, Moishe: avenged. 263 Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement): and the Jews of Radzymln, 326; and a reunion in Munich. 361 Yugoslav Legation (Berlin): 23 Yugoslav partisans: 250 Yugoslavia: 23. 121, 334 Zabecki, Franciszek: his recollections. 32931 Zabreh na Morave (Czech Republic): III Zagorze (Poland): 342 Zaklikow (Poland): 215-16 Zakopianka Cafe (Cracow): 186 Zalaman, Salama: a teacher. 239 Zalewski. Piotr: shot. 322 Zambrow (Poland): 328 Zamenhof, Ludwig: his birthplace. 221, 222; his grave. 324 Zamolodycze village (Poland): 261-3 Zamosc (Poland): 20. 67. 220-3. 224-8. 251, 278. 280. 324 Zamosc Province (Poland): 377 Zamoszczer Sztyme (Zamosc): 222 Zamoszczer Wort (Zamosc): 222 Zamoyski, Count (during Second World War): intervenes. 204 Zamoyski, Count (sixteenth century): his town. 221

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zawadki hamlet (near Chelmno): 375-6. 377. 383 zawady (Poland): 342 Zbaszyn (Poland): 393 Zbaszynek (Poland): 393 Zdunska Wola (Poland): 101. 376. 377. 378 Zelechow (Poland): 291 Zelik (a Jew in hiding): avenged, 263 Zgierz (Poland): 371 Zilina (Slovakia): 107, 108. 115-17. 118-22 Zilina Express (Prague-Zilina): 107 Zionist Congress (Prague. 1933): 69

Zohar: and God. 131 Zolkiewka (Poland): 225 Zuchowicz. Second-Lieutenant Tadeusz: witnesses the bravery of a Jew, 314-15 Zuckerman (in Warsaw): his bravery witnessed. 312 Zuckerman. Yitzhak: in Cracow. 186; in Warsaw. 319 Zwardon (Poland): 122. 123. 133 Zwierzyniec (Poland): 224 Zychlin (Poland): 369 Zyklon-B (poison gas): 47. 173 Zywiec (Poland): 138