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he also gave two false birth certificates.
he also gave two false birth certificates.
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In the upper Orwidów also was a lady, who escaped from the train going to Treblinka
In the upper Orwidów also was a lady, who escaped from the train going to Treblinka
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and the priest Kretowicz sent her to his brother's wife to help at the farm house
and the priest Kretowicz sent her to his brother's wife to help at the farm house
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Her name was Helena Strumińska,
Her name was Helena Strumińska,
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something like that, well. Mrs. Helena, well, I felt that something was wrong with her.
something like that, well. Mrs. Helena, well, I felt that something was wrong with her.
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Mrs. Helena was a surgeon, the daughter of a doctor from Vilnius, a Jew.
Mrs. Helena was a surgeon, the daughter of a doctor from Vilnius, a Jew.
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What happened? Well, her story was this.
What happened? Well, her story was this.
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She escaped from Warsaw with her husband, he also was a doctor.
She escaped from Warsaw with her husband, he also was a doctor.
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They were in Vilnius, living at her parents place.
They were in Vilnius, living at her parents place.
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At first there was no ghetto, but then the Germans took her husband to the ghetto, I do not remember the maiden name of Helena,
At first there was no ghetto, but then the Germans took her husband to the ghetto, I do not remember the maiden name of Helena,
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her father-doctor and her husband Abraham Wajnryb, but in general he was called Stanisław.
her father-doctor and her husband Abraham Wajnryb, but in general he was called Stanisław.
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Staś and her father were taken to Estonia to work in a quarry.
Staś and her father were taken to Estonia to work in a quarry.
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There, mica was extracted, it was hard work. Plenty of people were deported there to work and extract that mica.
There, mica was extracted, it was hard work. Plenty of people were deported there to work and extract that mica.
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Helena stayed at home alone with her mother who was ill, it was cancer.
Helena stayed at home alone with her mother who was ill, it was cancer.
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When the Germans reached her house,
When the Germans reached her house,
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Helena gave her an injection,
Helena gave her an injection,
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anaesthetized her as she knew that when Germans came they would kill her in bed,
anaesthetized her as she knew that when Germans came they would kill her in bed,
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those were their ways of dealing with people.
those were their ways of dealing with people.
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Finally she was taken to the train.
Finally she was taken to the train.
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And in the last moment she tore out the wooden board from the floor
And in the last moment she tore out the wooden board from the floor