- First Name
- Abraham
- Last Name
- Wajntraub Gafni
- Date of birth
- 26.10.1926
- Age
- Place of birth
- Międzyrzec
- Gender
- male
- Profession
- Maiden name
- Mother's name
- Gitel Zinger
- Father's name
- Shlomo
- City
- Międzyrzec Podlaski, Kościelna 3
- Transport where from
- Międzyrzec Podlaski
- Date of transport
- 06.10.1942
- Story
- "My father and I were on our way to Treblinka. We were together in the wagon after three days of sitting in the synagogue. My father and my cousin were there. My father was almost dead, he had no strength to do anything. My cousin was twenty-two years old, but he did not want to live anymore. And my father said to me: 'You must jump here'. Because there was a window there, there are small but high windows in the wagons. It was closed with wire, people grabbed the wire and people started jumping. My father says: 'You have to jump. I can't anymore and I don't have the strength'. My cousin was also determined [to stay], he couldn't live anymore. So people lifted me up so I jumped out. That was the last time I saw my father." Abraham's mother and his younger sister lived in the ghetto for some time and were transported to Treblinka during the fifth action. Until the final liquidation of the ghetto, Abraham Gafni hid in various places, he lived in the ghetto, in the forest, and for a few days in a tomb at the Catholic cemetery. After the Jews were displaced from Międzyrzec, he hid in the forest for almost half a year, and in December 1943 he found shelter with a gamekeeper in nearby Sitno. After the entry of the Red Army, he came out of hiding and returned to Międzyrzec Podlaski for a few months. In 1946 he left for Palestine.
- Escape
- from a transport
- Fate
- Yes
- Date of death
- Place of death
Source
www.teatrnn.plWebsite of the "Grodzka Gate - NN Theatre" Centre, documenting the life of Jews in Lublin and its vicinity. More www.teatrnn.plWebsite of the "Grodzka Gate - NN Theatre" Centre, documenting the life of Jews in Lublin and its vicinity. More/historiamowiona/fragmenty/ucieczka-z-transportu-do-treblinki/; www.teatrnn.plWebsite of the "Grodzka Gate - NN Theatre" Centre, documenting the life of Jews in Lublin and its vicinity. More/historiamowiona/swiadkowie/abraham-gafni/; AYVWritten testimonies collected in the Yad Vashem institute in Jerusalem; testimony number and the relationship of the witness and the deceased (if known) are provided. O.75 no 1838, Letters sent from Germany and Poland to Avraham Wajntraub
- Record ID
- 610
- Insert date
- 25.07.2023
- Update date
- Photo description
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