After March 1941, Warsaw ghetto, Mordecai Auerbach.⁵⁴ Testimony
נסיעה וואַרשע ־ לובלין“ ” [Journey from Warsaw to Lublin], recorded by
Hersh Wasser. Report of a youth activist on his journey in March 1941
to a Hanoar Hatzioni conference.
[1] Journey from Warsaw to Lublin
Beginning of March. 4 March, 7 a.m. Left with a group of workers of the
Wehrmacht⁵⁵ [. . .] Solna Street, Mirowski Square. On the way, he threw away
the armband and walked out of the line. Went to the appointed address (his
cousin – fake documents – as a Christian – goes to church every Sunday –
for business). He packed a suitcase with contraband – brings back food.
To Main Train Station. Travelled by 10:45 fast train, crowded. An incident
with a restaurant owner from Zamość – polskie świnie – wstyd – cham⁵⁶ [. . .]
the bones. Lublin, 2:30, at a certain address – the goal (regional conference).
Encountered a youth gathering; immediately spoke out. It is only on
54 Mordecai Auerbach, activist of Hanoar Hatzioni, maintaining contacts with Shmuel Bresław. See Yitzhak Zuckerman (Antek), A Surplus of Memory. Chronicle of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, translated by Barbara Harshav (Los Angeles, 1993), pp. 200.
55 People working for the Wehrmacht outside the ghetto.
56 (Polish) polish pigs, a disgrace, lout.
