Calls for rescue sent from the Warsaw Ghetto on the eve of the uprising
TitleCalls for rescue sent from the Warsaw Ghetto on the eve of the uprising
Author
Call numberS940.5318/011
Object number09960m
Place of publicationIsrael
PublisherMoreshet
Year of publication
2013
Dimensionspp128-141
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal ' Journal for the study of the Holocaust and antisemitism' Vol. 10 2013 pp128-141
Description
By January 1943 it was clear that the enemy was intending to annihilate all the Jews. Dr Zeidman, a member of Agudath Israel, describes the gloomy situation in the ghetto and the attempts to escape with the aid of foreign passports.This article expands upon Zeidman's report based on letters that were sent from the Warsaw ghetto between March 1943 and April and sent to Agudath Israel rescue activists in Switzerland