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Pictured here are children during a Purim celebration
in Wieliczka, Poland in 1942. Their gaunt faces and the haunted look
in their eyes reflect the reality that they were living in. Many men
fled the town with the approach of the Germans in 1939. More men
were murdered when the Germans arrived. Wieliczka became the only
town with an all female Judenrat. Women also performed the forced
labor until the men returned. On August 26, 1942 a large scale
Aktion occurred during which many Jews were murdered, while the
majority were sent to the Belzec death camp.
Yad Vashem Archives 5353/186 |
