INTERVIEWEE’S NAME: Jadwiga Gawrych INTERVIEWEE’S BIOGRAPHY AND DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE TOPICS: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... INTERVIEW BY: Ignacy Strączek RECORDING: Przemysław Jaczewski DATE OF RECORDING: July 24, 2014 COPYRIGHT TO THE RECORDING: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS: 00:00:04 – Description of a forester’s lodge in Ludwinów near Mińsk Mazowiecki. Help for Jews hiding in the forest. Abraham Słomka – escapee from the Warsaw Ghetto, violinist in the Warsaw Philharmonic. Abraham Słomka’s first visit to the interlocutor’s house: interest in his brother’s violin, proposal to teach violin, revealing Abraham Słomka’s Jewish identity. English: 00:05:36 – Spending time with Abraham: playing chess. 00:06:16 – The financial situation of the interviewee’s family during the occupation, the work and education of the interviewee’s father. The Czarna estate, its owners. 00:09:07 – The threat of denunciation, Abraham Słomka’s hairdressing services. Hiding Frani Szpigner: the interviewee’s family’s contacts with the Szpigner family. 00:11:50 – The nature of the local Jewish community, Jews on the interviewee’s grandfather’s farm, the interviewee’s games with Jewish children. 00:14:16 – Delivering food to Jewish friends in Stanisławów, reflections on Polish-Jewish relations, warning a stranger against contact with Jews from Stanisławów. 00:18:45 – Reasons for helping Frani Szpigner, the fate of Frani Szpigner’s family, saying goodbye before deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp, awareness of the nature of the death camp. Motivations for helping. 00:26:20 – Giving the interviewee’s parents the money earned by Abraham Słomka. 00:27:06 – Everyday life in the forester’s lodge, the impact of hiding on the family’s life. 00:29:38 – Attempt to obtain documents for Frani Szpinger, Frani Szpinger’s appearance. Contact with Frania Szpinger in the post-war period, the emotional relationship of the interviewee in hiding with the family. 00:33:05 – Family contacts with neighbours, denunciation and arrival at the forester’s lodge of the German gendarmerie, the death of Teresa, the escape of Frai, Chaskiel and Abraham. Suicide of Abraham Słomka, unknown location of burial site. Arrest of the interviewee’s father and escapees from German POW camps, shooting of the father, exhumation of the father. 00:44:55 – Denunciation of the interviewee’s family, the father’s involvement in partisan activities. Names and dates of birth of the interviewee's family members. German gendarmerie raid on the forester's lodge. 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): / virtualshtetl Polish Righteous (stories of help provided to Jews during the Holocaust): / polscysprawiedliwi Contact for sharing the interview: [email protected] #PolinMuseum #SpokenHistory #PolishRighteous #PolesSavingJews #WorldWarII #Holocaust #MińskMazowiecki