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A Jewish Kapo in Auschwitz Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 1 4/11/2014 2:48:54 PM Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 2 4/11/2014 2:48:54 PM The SchuSTerman SerieS Editors in iSrael STudieS S. Ilan Troen Jehuda Reinharz Sylvia Fuks Fried The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies publishes original scholarship of exceptional significance on the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. It draws on disciplines across the academy, from anthropology, sociology, political science, and international relations to the arts, history, and literature. It seeks to further an understanding of Israel within the context of the modern Middle East and the modern Jewish experience. There is special interest in developing publications that enrich the university curriculum and enlighten the public at large. The series is published under the auspices of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. For a complete list of books in this series, please see www.upne.com. Tuvia Friling A Jewish Kapo in Auschwitz: History, Memory, and the Politics of Survival moTTi golani Palestine between Politics and Terror, 1945–1947 ilana Szobel A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch aniTa Shapira Israel: A History oriT rozin The Rise of the Individual in 1950s Israel: A Challenge to Collectivism boaz neumann Land and Desire in Early Zionism anaT helman Young Tel Aviv: A Tale of Two Cities nili ScharF gold Yehuda Amichai: The Making of Israel’s National Poet iTamar rabinovich and Jehuda reinharz, ediTorS Israel in the Middle East: Documents and Readings on Society, Politics, and Foreign Relations, Pre-1948 to the Present Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 3 4/11/2014 2:48:54 PM Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 4 4/11/2014 2:48:55 PM tuvia friling A Jewish Kapo in Auschwitz History, Memory, and the Politics of Survival Translated by Haim Watzman Published with the support of the Israel Science Foundation Brandeis university Press Waltham, massachusetts Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 5 4/11/2014 2:48:55 PM Brandeis University Press An imprint of University Press of New England www.upne.com © 2014 Brandeis University All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Eric M. Brooks Typeset in Skolar by Passumpsic Publishing University Press of New England is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. For permission to reproduce any of the material in this book, contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Suite 250, Lebanon NH 03766; or visit www.upne.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Friling, Tuvia, author. [Mi atah Le’on Berz’eh? English] A Jewish kapo in Auschwitz: history, memory, and the politics of survival / Tuvia Friling; translated by Haim Watzman. pages cm.—(The Schusterman series in Israel studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. iSbn 978-1-61168-576-3 (cloth: alk. paper)— iSbn 978-1-61168-587-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)— iSbn 978-1-61168-577-0 (ebook) 1. Grinboim, Eli’ezer, 1908–1948. 2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)— Poland—Biography. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Collaborationists— Poland—Biography. 4. Auschwitz (Concentration camp). I. Title. dS134.72.g75F7513 2014 940.53'18092—dc23 2013049171 5 4 3 2 1 Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 6 4/11/2014 2:48:55 PM With love, for Dina, my wife and companion Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 7 4/11/2014 2:48:55 PM Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 8 4/11/2014 2:48:55 PM conTenTS Acknowledgments xi 1 Jerusalem, May 22, 1948, Morning 1 2 Poland, Lancicia, District Prison, 1929 3 3 Paris, Fifth Arrondissement, 5 Rue Linné, 1931 11 4 Spain, March 1938–1939 15 5 Saint-Cyprien, Paris, Les Tourelles, Beaune-la-Rolande, France, 1939–1942 24 6 Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau, July 1942–March/April 1944 31 7 Jawischowitz, March 1944–January 1945 51 8 Buchenwald, January–June 1945 66 9 Warsaw–Paris, Paris–Warsaw, June–September 1945 74 10 Paris, June 1945–May 1946 133 11 Jerusalem, May 1946–May 1948 170 12 Ramat Rachel, May 21–22, 1948 187 13 Postmortem: Israel, the First Decades 200 14 History, Politics, and Memory 227 Research Notes: From Clio’s Elusive World 263 Eliezer Gruenbaum: Chronology 265 Notes 267 Bibliography 295 Index 315 Friling - Jewish Kapo.indb 9 4/11/2014 2:48:55 PM
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