Norman Salsitz - Norman is saved by an SS commander
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Norman Salsitz - Norman is saved by an SS commander
Norman Salsitz - Norman is saved by an SS commander
Transcript: The commandant of the Polish police came to me and he said to me to run away. And I was wondering, why does he tell me? He was not a Jew lover. He was a big antisemite. So before I run away, I went to his home because I could go out from the camp. He was there with his wife and I said to him, "This time I'm going to listen to you. I will run away. But please tell me why do you want to save me? I know you are, you don't like Jews." So he told me the reason. And the reason was he had a son. And the son was in the army. He was killed in 1939 when the war started. When he saw me, he looked at me and I looked very much like his son. It like, like a double. And he told this to his wife and his wife said, "I want to see this young fellow." He brought her to our, to our place and she looked at me and she told him, "Make believe because he look so much like our," they had the only son, he was killed, "because he look so much like my, our son, please promise me if there will be a times that you will be able to save him, save him." So for this reason, he told me the first time to run away; and for this reason he told me nows that they going to liquidate the camp, I should run away.
Transcript: The commandant of the Polish police came to me and he said to me to run away. And I was wondering, why does he tell me? He was not a Jew lover. He was a big antisemite. So before I run away, I went to his home because I could go out from the camp. He was there with his wife and I said to him, "This time I'm going to listen to you. I will run away. But please tell me why do you want to save me? I know you are, you don't like Jews." So he told me the reason. And the reason was he had a son. And the son was in the army. He was killed in 1939 when the war started. When he saw me, he looked at me and I looked very much like his son. It like, like a double. And he told this to his wife and his wife said, "I want to see this young fellow." He brought her to our, to our place and she looked at me and she told him, "Make believe because he look so much like our," they had the only son, he was killed, "because he look so much like my, our son, please promise me if there will be a times that you will be able to save him, save him." So for this reason, he told me the first time to run away; and for this reason he told me nows that they going to liquidate the camp, I should run away.