Guta Tyrangiel-Benezra, born in 1940 Seized by the Dybbuk KATARZYNA MELOCH: In 1994 in Śródborów, where the members of the Association of The Children of the Holocaust in Poland meet annually, I listened to…

Seweryn, born in 1931 My Mother Told Me to Run I was born in Warsaw, according to documents, in 1934. This is an incorrect date because in 1938 I went to the first grade…

Róża, born in 1937 & Chana born in 1935 He Was Our Father and Mother It was the year 1937. My parents already had a two-year-old daughter, Chana. My mother gave birth to me…

Zofia Radzikowska, born in 1935 I Discovered a Jew in Me KATARZYNA MELOCH: We ought to start with your “creation of the world”. ZOFIA RADZIKOWSKA: My name is Zofia Radzikowska, I was born on…

Krystyna Niekrasz, born in 1941 A Burning Scar To my daughters, Ania and Eliza and my granddaughters, Marysia and Antosia There was a very formal dinner, alcohol was plentiful. After dinner, my parents went…

Joanna Neuding, born in 1936 My Whole Life with Mother I don’t remember much from the first years of my childhood. I know them mostly from my relatives’ stories, but some moments have stuck…

Edward Mersyk (Malinowski), born in 1939 Violin and Medicine My name is Edward Mersyk (Malinowski). I was born in Warsaw, at Wielka Street. This street no longer exists. You can find it on old…

Celina Matusiak, born in 1936 My Grandfather’s Wisdom GRAŻYNA KOMPEL: Tell me about your family before the war… CELINA MATUSIAK: It was a large family from Warsaw. Almost everyone, including me, was born in…

Rachela Malinger, born in 1927 (2) Escape from Łódź To my father and brother, who didn’t return from the war The Second World War sucked millions of people into its vortex. Our family was…

Teresa Lisiewska, born in 1942 My Grandmother Teresa Written by Karolina Sadowska On September 1, 1939, the war broke out, and the time of the persecution of Poles, Jews, and other national minorities, such…