Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
ילקוט מורשת
Angaben zur Quelle:
עו (תשסד) 105-111
Keywords:
סוסקינד, ולטר,
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Rescue
;
Jews History 20th century
Abstract:
Describes the rescue activities of Walter Susskind, a Jew who was born in 1906 in Germany and in 1938 moved with his wife to the Netherlands, where their daughter was living. In 1941 he was appointed by the Jewish Council to represent the Jews to the German authorities at the Hollandse Schouwburg in Amsterdam, where thousands of Jews were interned prior to deportation to Westerbork. Susskind helped hundreds of Jews, especially children, to escape in various ways, and also managed to remove their names from the deportation lists. For this purpose, Susskind befriended the SS guards and their commander, Ferdinand aus der Fünten, causing some Jews to suspect him of collaboration. Susskind and his family were deported to Westerbork in 1943. In September 1944 they were sent to Theresienstadt and then to Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were killed. Susskind also perished, probably during the death march from Auschwitz in January 1945. Includes testimonies by people who worked with him in rescue activities.
Note:
הופיע כ"תכסיסי ההצלה של ולטר זיסקינד באמסטרדם" בתוך "עלה אתי בגרלי - יהודים מצילים יהודים לנוכח ההשמדה" (272-279).
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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