were deployed. In revenge, three of the biggest houses were excluded from the
ghetto; over a hundred families were thrown out into the street. The quota
was not delivered and there was absolutely no possibility of provisions.
20 Jews were arrested. People were shot all the time. A young woman was shot.
Frequent beatings caused bleeding. The situation lasted around two weeks.
The arrested persons were detained for 7 weeks and the accusations were withdrawn. When released, they had to commit to supplying 3 new desks, which
was duly carried out.
As for the entire [General] Government, people from Głowno were also
taken to labour camps. Three hundred men were taken. Two were tormented
to death in the camp. Many became ill in the camps. After great efforts, some
have returned.
The mortality-rate in the ghetto is high. A large percentage of the older
generation dies of hardship, cold, and hunger. There are almost no cases of
infectious diseases.
On 1 March 1941, it was announced that all Jews must leave the ghetto,
and Głowno must become Judenrein by 5 April 1941. In recent days, a fight
broke out in the Judenrat. Two groups have formed which fight each other
and accuse each other of abuse. A committee is formed to help the poor with
the departure. The funds are raised by charging fees from the rich who are
leaving. The committee consisted of Leyzer Nadel⁹⁸⁹ from Łódź, Moyshe
Lewkowicz from Głowno,⁹⁹⁰ F. Rozenbojm from Łódź, Mote Rawer, F. Bojm,
Wajntraub, Leyb Borensztajn (Yankl Kaiser), and others. The committee
extracted money from the poorest and did not provide them with anything.
Great abuses took place, which should be described separately. Jews, who had
been sent to Warsaw, were left in the street without the means to live.
ARG I 742 (Ring. I/804)
Description: duplicate (2 carbon paper copies), handwritten (MS*), pencil,
Yiddish, 148×210 mm, minor damage and fragments missing, 10 sheets, 10 pages.
In the margins, the letter “M” (ink).
Edition based on the first copy of the duplicate, 5 sheets, 5 pages.
989 Leyzer Nadel, merchant, before the war an employee of charitable organisations, secretary of the Głowno Committee for Aid to Refugees (Komitet Pomocy Uchodźcom w Głownie), and ŻSS branch member. See AŻIH, ŻSS, 211/674, p. 37; AŻIH, AJDC, 210/338, p. 34.
990 Moszek Lewkowicz, secretary of the Committee to Aid Refugees in Głowno. See AŻIH, AJDC, 210/338, p. 34.
