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Title

{pl} Michał M. Borwicz - Nella Rost - Jo´zef Wulf, eds. Dokumenty zbrodni i me˛czen´stwa. Cracow [Poland]: Wojewo´dzka Z˙ydowska Komisja, 1945 <Polish>.

Abstract

"Attempts to publicize children’s testimonies began as early as 1945 with the publication of the collection Dokumenty zbrodni i me˛czen´stwa (Documents of Crime and Martyrdom) by the Regional Jewish Historical Commission in Krakow. One of its four chapters was devoted to “children’s stories” and contained excerpts from twenty-two testimonies. Fifty-three pages of the book were devoted to children, the “Enemy No. 1 of the Fascists.” The Krakow commission’s special interest in children’s testimonies can be traced to the work of Maria (Miryam) HochbergMarian´ska, who survived the war living outside the ghetto “on Aryan papers” (that is, using false identity documents indicating that she was not Jewish). She was active in Z˙egota, the Polish underground organization for assistance to Jews, and cared for a number of women who went into hiding with their children. Thus, she had firsthand knowledge of the special needs of children during the occupation."--Boas Cohen, Bar-Ilan University.