Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, in prison in Grodno and in prison in Bialystok

Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, in prison in Grodno and in prison in Bialystok 

Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, in prison in Grodno and in prison in Bialystok 

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Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, in prison in Grodno and in prison in Bialystok Occupation of Bialystok by the German Army, 26 June 1941; burning of the Great Synagogue; murder of Jews and burning of their bodies in the burning synagogue; riots against the Jews including burning their homes; deportation of Jews to forced labor; establishment of the Bialystok Ghetto, 01 August 1941; works as a painter in SS and Gestapo units outside the ghetto; attitude of the Polish foremen towards the workers;"Aktio" in the ghetto, 05 February 1943; hiding by Jews in hiding places; in hiding with his family in a baking oven; discovery of the hiding place; concentration of the Jews in the ghetto square under the command of Fritz Friedel; transfer of those who are professionally skilled, including the witness, to the Judenrat; term of office of Barasz as Judenrat Chairman; term of office of Marcus as head of the Jewish police; disclosure of hiding places by Jewish informers; start of the liquidation of the ghetto, 16 August 1943; selection by Fritz Friedel including separation of women from men; deportation of the women to Majdanek; deportation of the men to the prison in Grodno, and from there to the prison in Lomza; life in Lomza for approximately three months; transfer with ten professionally skilled men to the prison in Bialystok, late September 1943.