Czestochowa, Poland

The Destruction of Czenstokov
(Częstochowa, Poland)
50°48' / 19°07'

Translation of
Hurbn Tshenstokhov

Edited by: S. Waga

Published: Buenos Aires 1949

Acknowledgments
Project Coordinator and Translator
Gloria Berkenstat Freund

Thank you to my cousin, David Berkenstat, of Haifa
for making this book available for translation.

This is a translation from: Hurbn Tshenstokhov, The Destruction of Czenstokov, Editor: S. Waga,
Publisher: Tsentral-farband fun Poylishe Yidn in Argentine, 1949 (Y)

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[Unnumbered Title page]

Shlomo Waga

KHURBN CZENSTOCHOW

–—

Published by
Central Union of Polish Jews in Argentina
Together with
Czenstochower Landsleit Union in Argentina
Buenos Aires 1949

[Unnumbered page]

PRINTED IN ARGENTINE
IMPRESSO EN LA ARGENTINA

S. Waga
CHURBN CZENSTOCHOW

(Destrucción de Chenstojowa)

Buenos Aires 1949

Hecho el despósito que march la Ley 11.732
Industria Argentina

[Unnumbered dedication page]

This book about the destruction of our birthplace
Czenstochow is dedicated to the sacred memory of:

My father Yakov Zwi Waga
My mother Bajla Gitl Waga
My brother Moshe and his wife Chana Waga
As well as their children Surale and Chawale Waga

Who were annihilated by the Germans.

The Author

Title Page

I The Germans in Czenstochow 9

II Bloody Monday 11

III Under the Nazi Yoke 16

IV Again Fear of Death 26

V Looting and Sadism 30

VI “Aryan” 33

VII The First Edicts 36

VIII Vandalism by the “Folks-Deutschen” 39

IX Taxes and Evictions 41

X In the Clutches of the Gestapo 47

XI Persecutions and Robberies 56

XII A Message From Lodz 59

XIII Slavery 63

XIV “Czeczanow” Labor Camp 69

XV The Activity of the Judenrat 75

XVI The “Aryanization” of Jewish Businesses 86

XVII Liquidation of the Jewish Factories 89

XVIII “Care for Culture” 95

XIX Extermination 97

XX Ghetto 101

XXI Lost Souls 109

XXII Jewish Police 116

XXIII Life Goes On 121

XXIV The New War 123

XXV Mass Hunger 125

XXVI Traitors 130

XXVII Harsher Terror 140

XXVIII The Aktsia of the 22^nd of September 1942 146

XXIX The Second Aktsia 154

XXX Hunger in the Ghetto 155

XXXI Bunkers 159

XXXII The Third Aktsia 165

XXXIII The Subsequent Aktsias 168

XXXIV The New Ghetto 179

XXXV From “Ghetto” to “Labor Camp” 181

XXXVI In the “Labor Camp” 183

XXXVII Again an Aktsia 197

XXXVIII “Aryans” and “Muslims” 208

XXXXI Third Ghetto 210

XL The End of the Artisans' House 212

XLI The Visit to Palestine 219

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