The Denver Jewish news., 1920-08-25
Behavior of the Retreat.
ing Polish Forces
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of a family well off. Everything was
wasted, broken, to pieces, robbed. Pill
lows and mattresses were torn and
scattered, clothes turned into hear
of rags; the furniture broken; in
place of the shop they left Il heap of
dust and chips. Elka Gilerovitch and
her three children We're running Il
large well furnished hotel in a big
house of their own. opposite the sta
ton; all the furniture and costly
household things We're taken out OF
the Is rooms, by order of some Polish
officer and carried away in automo.
biles and wagons The same thing
happened also to the other rich Jews
of the place, as for Instance I.eise'
Rabinovitch. who had II large store o.
dry goods and other articles: the above
mentioned Zas, and Hahn Nagid. One
of the saddest spectacles is the HON"
of Coda Aronovitch. Her husband,
Berel Aronovitch, was killed one year
and a half ago by some, Polish soldier
during the occupation of Lanwarowr
by Polish forces. Two of her sons
We're kept for a long time in prison
by Polish authorities. Now, her houst
was destroyed. Everything was dam
aged, broken, or totally destroyed
Evidently, this is the work of NOR:
than one gang. They even cut the
mattresses into small pieces while
searching for treasures. Even the
apothecary's shop was destroyed
They partially destroyed, partially
took away. all the medicaments and
medical articles. including the scales.
and moreover, they intended to burn
it down-they succeeded in starting
II fire in two places, in the back room
and under the porch, by the wooden
wall
Books, particularly Jewish. were n
special object for the wrath of the
Polish soldiers, and they completely
destroyed them wherever they got
hold of them. The local Jewish cir
culati1g library in Silberkveit's house
was "astcu' iairS o,''A''
books, found in the house of GoldG
Aronovitch We're torn topieces.
The houses and apartments of all
the Jewish people of the place under.
18th of July. My efforts were vain
to find house inhabited by Jewish
people which had escaped the common
lot
Having done with. the property of
the Jewish people, the soldiers start
ed to seek for the Jews that had hid
den. ppd among these soldiers officers
uniforms could be seen. Bushes
stacks of hay. were searched. and any,
thing that might be hiding place
David Rabinovitch. his wife and three
children. had been hidden by peas
ant. When found. they were taken to
a wood to he shot there. by. order of
an officer who happened to be present.
This took place, on the 18th of July.
in daytime. In spite of the tears and
supplications of Mrs. Rabinovitch and
the children, they were hurried on.
Fortunately for them, Polish officer
was passing on horseback. The cries
of the children and the wOman's tears
attracted his attention. He came up
to them, and when being informed Of
the situation. he gave orders to set
them free. The soldiers complied, but
unwillingly.
The next morning. July 18th. the
soldiers went on seeking for more vic
tins and firing at such places where
they suspected Jews to have hidden.
Four men and eleven women had con-
cealed themselves behind some bushes
in a little garden. Jacob Klein and
Glas We're among these men. When
the soldiers started to fire at the
garden, they became aware of the peo-
pie who began to stir They hurried
TO that place and took hold of Glas.
The soldiers led him to tree. with
the intention of shooting him. He
had great pains to buy himself off. buc
finally succeeded.
There were. however, also people
killed. Some Jew. coming from Vilno.
was shot on the road. His corpse WIS
found affew days later and taken back
to Vilno.
This is a short description of the
mean, undisciplined conduct Of the
Polish 'dctachment in Lhadwarowo
on July 13. II and IL. -h
Among the visitors to London for
the Zionist Conference was DR. Sam