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Pamiętniki Chajki Klinger
Chajka Klinger’s Memoir

Author(s): Avihu Ronen
Subject(s): History
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: Jews; Holocaust; Będzin; self-defense; combat

Summary/Abstract: Chajka Klinger, born in Będzin, was an activist in the Jewish underground in the local ghetto. One of the founders of the Jewish Fighting Organization in Będzin, she was arrested by the Gestapo. Released after interrogation and torture, she escaped from the transit camp and secretly began writing memories on the HaShomer HaTzair and the Będzin underground. After she escaped Poland, arrived in to Palestine in 1944.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 335-379
  • Page Count: 45
  • Language: Polish