Report submitted by M. Cain (M. Chmielnik) regarding his experiences in Lomza, Gacz, in hiding in Dombrowa and Bialystok

Report submitted by M. Cain (M. Chmielnik) regarding his experiences in Lomza, Gacz, in hiding in Dombrowa and Bialystok 

Report submitted by M. Cain (M. Chmielnik) regarding his experiences in Lomza, Gacz, in hiding in Dombrowa and Bialystok 

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Report submitted by M. Cain (M. Chmielnik) regarding his experiences in Lomza, Gacz, in hiding in Dombrowa and Bialystok Life in the prison in Lomza, June 1941; escape of Red Army soldiers to the central Soviet Union area with their families; breaking down the doors of the prison by inmates; escape of inmates from the prison; transfer of inmates who had escaped back to Bialystok; transfer to the village of Gacz; life in Gacz including riots and murder of Jews; attitude of the local Polish population towards the Jews; transfer to Dombrowa; being hidden by a local Jew; escape to Bialystok, 04 July 1941; the fate of the Jews of Bialystok including riots, burning and murder of Jews during the occupation of Bialystok by the German Army. Note: Copy of the original archival material from the ghetto archive dug up from deep in the ground and taken out of the ghetto.