INTERVIEWEE’S NAME: Salomea Anna Jelinowska INTERVIEWEE’S BIOGRAPHY AND DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE TOPICS: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... INTERVIEW BY: Klara Jackl RECORDING: Przemysław Jaczewski DATE OF RECORDING: June 2, 2017 COPYRIGHT TO THE RECORDING: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS: 00:00:56 – The interviewee’s family, childhood in Grodno, education, holidays. 00:04:08 – The multicultural community of Grodno. Memory of the Shabbat supper. The interviewee’s Jewish friends. Acquaintance with Lea Rywkind. 00:12:24 – Jews in pre-war Grodno. The interviewee’s mother’s contacts with Jews. English: 00:18:56 – Information about the mother, mother’s studies in Paris, mother’s first marriage, mother’s work. The 1905 Revolution, arrival in Poland. 00:32:06 – Mother’s attitude towards Jews. 00:33:24 – Mother takes up work. Marriage of the interlocutor’s parents. The interlocutor’s maternal grandmother. 00:37:18 – Living in a school building in Grodno, other residents of the building. 00:41:40 – Outbreak of the war, fighting for Grodno. Meetings at school at the beginning of the occupation. Reorganization of education. 00:50:08 – First deportations, repressions. Reactions of Jews to the outbreak of war, a Jewish Polish teacher. 00:58:42 – Beginning of the German occupation. The ghetto in Grodno. 01:02:54 – The interlocutor’s work during the occupation. Activities in the Home Army. Order to leave Grodno. English: 01:14:45 – Extermination of the ghetto and the arrival of Lusia (Lea Rywkind). Lusia's departure for Vilnius. A spoon given by Lusia. The story of how the trunk with the spoon was prepared from Lusia. 01:26:36 – The mother's conspiratorial activities in Grodno. Secret teaching. 01:28:36 – “The mother of the Jews”. Help for Jews from the interlocutor's mother. Help for Nelly Kilman and her daughter. 01:33:30 – Arrival in Warsaw, reasons for the evacuation from Grodno. Living in Warsaw. 01:36:20 – Participation in the Warsaw Uprising. Hiding at the end of the Uprising. 01:40:46 – Transfer to Pruszków, transfer near Hamburg and to Ravensbrück. Mrs. Kilman. 01:46:52 – Post-war conversations about the war. English: 01:48:51 – A spoon given by Lusia. Contact with Lusia. 01:49:36 – Letter from Józef Szwarz. 01:50:28 – Contact with Lusia’s son, awarding the mother the title of Righteous Among the Nations. 01:54:48 – Meeting with Lusia’s son and giving him the spoon. 01:58:11 – The fate of Lusia and her family. 01:58:58 – Memories of the interlocutor’s mother. The interlocutor’s children. The post-war fate of the interlocutor. 02:05:05 – Righteous Among the Nations medal, family photos. Memories of Lusia from her school days. Discover the POLIN Museum's oral history collection: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... Subscribe to our channel: / @historiamowionapolin Watch the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews channels: POLIN (announcements and reports from events at the Museum): / mhzp2013 Virtual Shtetl (history and culture of Polish Jews): / wirtualneshtetl Polish Righteous (stories of help provided to Jews during the Holocaust): / polscysprawiedliwi Contact for interview sharing: [email protected]