Izak Klajman (M / Poland, 1934), Holocaust survivor
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Izak Klajman (M / Poland, 1934), Holocaust survivor
- KEYWORDS : <Poland> <Bedzin Ghetto> <Hidden Children>
- MEMOIRS : The Children Accuse (1946), 127-131
Biography
- Holocaust Survivor Testimonies, Poland #1224 (25 Aug 1945)
Izak Klajman was born June 23 [10], 1934 in Bedzin, Poland. Son of Bencjon and Chana Susskind. The family was forced to live in the Bedzin Ghetto. At the liquidation of the ghetto on 1 August 1943, they hid in a bunker but were discovered. Izak was able to escape. He was helped by some of his father's friends. He was hosted in farms where he worked as a servant.
- "... Some boys ... somehow recognized me as a Jew ... They pulled my trousers down and started shouting 'Jew, Jew, Jew!' ... [They] started discussing what they would do with me: drown me, or hand me over to the German police ... I kicked and ran away ..."
"The author was hiding with his parents in a bunker in the Będzin ghetto. During the first liquidation action, he escaped with his sister to the so-called the Aryan side. Help of the Poles."