GRÓJEC
Early 1942?, Warsaw ghetto, author unknown. Account of events in the
Grójec ghetto, recorded by Nekhemia Tytelman [?]. Fragment of a note on
the frame of mind in the Grójec ghetto; information about Poalei Tsiyon
activists.⁷⁵⁷
[1] [. . .] The leader of P[oale] Z[ion] is Werber. He [. . .] for 1,200 zlotys, he set
out by samochód⁷⁵⁸ to Warsaw without a przepustka. In Grójec, he was removed
from the car and shot. cAll checks were made on persons who were noted as
prisoners.c⁷⁵⁹
The ghetto, as mentioned, is not walled in, but nevertheless tightly
sealed. People registered in one ghetto and found sleeping in the other are
shot instantaneously.
The ghetto gets narrower all the time, with streets constantly being
removed from it. Recently, some streets were removed where sheds are to be
set up. For allegedly failing to leave dwellings in proper order, the Jews had
to pay a levy of 300,000 zlotys.
There is great fear of expulsion, cof physical extermination.c People
see that the selection is already being made. Jews who received “unfit”⁷⁶⁰ or
[. . .] at the first registration (2½ years ago) can under no circumstances get
a placówka, or a place to work. They are the ones who tremble most. The whole
population works at the German workplaces. [. . .] those who [. . .] starve and
tremble [. . .] their tomorrow.
Panz, “Zagłada sztetl Grice,” Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały 3 (2007), p. 20; D. Libionka, L. Weinbaum, Bohaterowie, hochsztaplerzy, opisywacze..., p. 290.
757 The document is a fragment of a larger unit. Pages are missing at the beginning and at the end.
758 (Polish) Automobile.
759 c-c Here and below, text written in different coloured ink between the lines and on the side of the page.
760 Persons designated as unfit for work during registration for forced labour.
