When was shep zitler born

This was to jumpstart labor causes and Jewish nationalism, yet it was against Zionism. May 27, Vilna was a strong capital of Jews in Eastern Europe, full of Jewish learning and organizations.

Nov 9, The government issued a 'White Paper' on Palestine that reduced Jewish emigration to only 75, people, including 25, refugees, for five years. Feb 28, In February , I was drafted into the Polish Army. This was the first time I was associated with Poles, who were cruel to the Jews. I was 21 years old at the time and in good health.

After six months in the army, I experienced anti-semitism, that I hadn't seen in Vilna, my hometown. I found it strange to be fighting a war against the Germans with my second enemy, the Poles. Aug 2, Hitler and Stalin, signed a 'non-aggression' agreement in August to possibly end their archnemesis. Sep 1, The war started when Germany invaded Poland. Poland lost the war after a brutal 16 days.

My unit was captured and I was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp near Kielce, which probably saved my life. Jews were separated from the Polish soldiers.

I was in various labor camps for five years and seven months. Jews were always given the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs. We were hungry and beaten, and many did not survive.

With the exception of my sister, all of my family was killed. One of these was a long conversation with Mark E. Davies told how survivors of the ghetto uprising who came out of the sewers instructed the Polish Home Army on how to use those sewers in defense of Warsaw against the Germans.

More than 1, Jewish survivors fought with the Poles in the Rising. Then came Helen Panopalis, another outsider and a transfer from a Greek Orthodox school.

I read in translation to them reports from the Jewish Daily Forward of what was happening to the Jews of Poland and about the ghetto uprising. My first year in Montreal, I could not afford to buy a Christmas gift for my friend, so I sewed a Polish peasant doll by hand, complete with a sequined vest and multi-ribboned skirt.

She also kept me up to date on our former Alfred Joyce classmates. While in Athens, one of our classmates, Harriet Kolomeier [nee Cohen], visited our friend and asked if she knew of my whereabouts. And no one believed her. Zitler died of a heart attack November 30, at Copy to clipboard. Presentation on theme: "Holocaust Survivors Shep Zitler.

Download ppt "Holocaust Survivors Shep Zitler. Holocaust Memorial Photos. German soldiers march into Warsaw with bayonets, October The Frank's family business included banking, management of the springs at Bad Soden and the manufacture. Warsaw Poland was the capital of Poland and had a big Jewish population. Establishment Date: May 4 About project SlidePlayer Terms of Service. Feedback Privacy Policy Feedback.