Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
2008
Titel der Quelle:
Zagłada Żydów; studia i materiały
Angaben zur Quelle:
4 (2008) 144-169
Keywords:
Fischbein, Fela
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Rescue
;
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives
Abstract:
Fela (Fejga, Fania) Fischbein was born in 1905; at the beginning of the German occupation, she lived with her husband Ozjasz and their daughter Dora in Iwonicz, southern Poland. In summer 1942 they fled from the ghetto of Rymanów and, after going through several shelters, lived in the attic of the Dunajewskis' farm in the village Wola Komborska (near Krosno), where Fela wrote her diary. Based on this diary, discusses the personalities of and the relationship between Fela and her rescuer Katarzyna Dunajewska. Fela's sentiments toward the rescuing Poles went from gratitude to disappointment, and even aversion to Poles, stemming from the perceived lack of honesty on the part of the Poles and their antisemitism. Fela believes that for the Poles all the rescue activities are nothing but business transactions aiming to exploit the Jews, to profit from them - an impression that seems unfair in the case of Dunajewska. The feeling of powerlessness, uncertainty, and fear of her rescuers does not leave Fela. She is sure that the Poles will murder all the Jewish survivors after the war. After their liberation, Fela's family immigrated to Venezuela and later to the USA.
Note:
Appeared in English as "'...we are entirely at their mercy...': the everyday experience of hiding and relations with landlords on the basis of Fela Fischbein's diary" in "Holocaust; Studies and Materials" (2010) 128-155.
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