Przed obliczem wadowickiej Temidy (cz. 1) Edith Grünwald – ciekawa historia
Before the face of Temida (Part 1) Edith Grünwald - an interesting story

Summary/Abstract: In 1942, Edith Grünwald was a young, nearly 23 years old, Slovak Jewess from Holicz, when the Gestapo arrested her in Iława, where she was working as a clerk. After spending some time in the concentration camp in Bratislava, she was deportedto the Auschwitz concentration camp, in one of the first Jewish RSH transports from Slovakia. Her camp number was 3507. Thanks to her education, she was able to workin the Politische Abteilung (the Political Department). She was the personal secretary of Herbert Kirschner. When the war was over in January 1945, she was evacuated to Ravensbrück, and then freed by the Red Army in Malchow, located near Berlin. Although the ordeal in the Nazi camp was over, Edith didn’t enjoy freedom forlong. In May 1945, short after coming back from the concentration camp, she wasarrested by the UB in Katowice. She was accused of mistreating her fellow prisonersand cooperating with SS Men, in particularly with her boss Kirschner. the investigation of Edith`s case, conducted by the Special Criminal Court, lasted more than 2 years. Thanks to the involvement of the Czechoslovakian Consulate along with the help of two lawyers, they managed to deny the allegations made by her former inmate, Polish Jewess Dunia Urbańska (Urison). The trial, which took place on May 14,1947 before the Wadowice District Court, resulted in Edith Grünewald being declared innocent aer testimony from a fellow Slovak Jewess proved the allegations asfalse. As it turned out, the arrest (combined with a brutal beating) and the investigation was a result of a plot by her former fellow prisoner, who was jealous of Edith`sposition in the camp and above all her regard of the prisoners.

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