Janet Singer Applefield
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Well, it was very, very sad and very tragic because the day that they gave me away, there was an order issued that all the people from that town and the surrounding towns had three days to report in an area outside of Krakow called Wieliczka. So they went there, although independently, because they decided to separate from each other. Their thinking was that if they were separate,
Well, it was very, very sad and very tragic because the day that they gave me away, there was an order issued that all the people from that town and the surrounding towns had three days to report in an area outside of Krakow called Wieliczka. So they went there, although independently, because they decided to separate from each other. Their thinking was that if they were separate,
maybe one of them would survive so when they arrived at that appointed place there was a selection and my father was one of thousand men that were selected for slave labor another approximately thousand old people and children were selected and they were directly taken to the forest and shot And the remaining people were put onto boxcars, 53 boxcars. And my mother was a victim of that selection.
maybe one of them would survive so when they arrived at that appointed place there was a selection and my father was one of thousand men that were selected for slave labor another approximately thousand old people and children were selected and they were directly taken to the forest and shot And the remaining people were put onto boxcars, 53 boxcars. And my mother was a victim of that selection.
And they were sent to Belzec, a death camp. And so my mother and my grandmother, many of my relatives were victims of that camp.
And they were sent to Belzec, a death camp. And so my mother and my grandmother, many of my relatives were victims of that camp.
What was your original name?
What was your original name?
I was born Gustava. And then my family called me Gija, which means baby.
I was born Gustava. And then my family called me Gija, which means baby.
But I was never Gustavo again.
But I was never Gustavo again.
But that still has a place in your heart.
But that still has a place in your heart.
What was your last name?
What was your last name?