Frank Blaichman - Departing his family in October, 1942
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Frank Blaichman - Departing his family in October, 1942
Frank Blaichman - Departing his family in October, 1942
Transcript: I vaguely said good-bye to my family. My family, we understood that I will not go freely. And I had no choice because I didn't know where I'm going. I, myself, I could take a chance myself. But at that time I didn't know where I am going. I had no plans whatsoever. And all were young... And my parents, my father was religious, and he would never leave the family alone. And there was no way I could offer him to go with me, because I didn't know where I'm going. Because the Germans had spread a rumor that they going to make in Lubartow a ghetto of all the Jews around Lubartow, to make them believe they will be resettled. That they were not going to be taken to any death camps and so on. That was the situation. But I didn't believe them, so I ran away.
Transcript: I vaguely said good-bye to my family. My family, we understood that I will not go freely. And I had no choice because I didn't know where I'm going. I, myself, I could take a chance myself. But at that time I didn't know where I am going. I had no plans whatsoever. And all were young... And my parents, my father was religious, and he would never leave the family alone. And there was no way I could offer him to go with me, because I didn't know where I'm going. Because the Germans had spread a rumor that they going to make in Lubartow a ghetto of all the Jews around Lubartow, to make them believe they will be resettled. That they were not going to be taken to any death camps and so on. That was the situation. But I didn't believe them, so I ran away.