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Eugen Eugeniusz Genek Turowski

First Name
Eugen Eugeniusz Genek
Last Name
Turowski
Date of birth
14.01.1914
Age
Place of birth
Łódź
Gender
male
Profession
mechanic
Maiden name
Mother's name
Aleksandra
Father's name
City
Łódź
Transport where from
Częstochowa
Date of transport
05.09.1942
Story
He arrived in Treblinka with his son, a few days after his wife and other family members. At the urging of his former students, who told the SS that Turowski was a skilled mechanic, he was singled out for work, and his minor son was shot in the dismantling room. Turowski worked for three weeks sorting the property of murdered Jews, after which he worked in the camp's repair shop as a mechanic. He claimed that he was the one who made the duplicate key to the ammunition armory, which is confirmed by Kalman Teigman. Turowski escaped during the uprising on August 2, 1943. In 1946, he testified before the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland. He traveled to Israel and testified at the Dusseldorf trial in 1964-65 and in the Fedorenko denaturalization case in the USA in 1978.
Escape
during the uprising
Fate
Yes
Date of death
Place of death

Source

Akta IPN GK 196/69 Zeznanie Eugeniusza Turowskiego z 7 X 1945; AYV O.3.567a, rel. Samuel Willenberg; www.holocausthistoricalsociety.org.uk

Record ID
235
Insert date
15.11.2022
Update date
04.08.2023
Photo description
Photo source
The Memory of Treblinka Foundation