15 January 1918 | Polish woman Janina Unkiewicz was born in Lublin. A student.
In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1942 No. 26776
She escaped during the evacuation of the camp.
In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1942 No. 26776
She escaped during the evacuation of the camp.
Janina Unkiewicz was a member of the resistance. She was arrested and incarcerated first in the Lublin Castle, then in the Auschwitz camp. After the war, she completed her studies & become a teacher of Polish literature. She passed away in 1987.
In her testimony from 25 January 1947 she described one roll-call in February 1943:
'We stood in the cold during the roll call from 6.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Then, about 20 women died during the roll call itself, as they didn’t have warm clothes, and many caught a cold...
'We stood in the cold during the roll call from 6.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Then, about 20 women died during the roll call itself, as they didn’t have warm clothes, and many caught a cold...
...and developed serious illnesses, of which they later died in the Revier. Following these roll calls, the mortality rate was approximately 300 women per day. When the roll call was over, the inmates had to go – one by one and running – through the gate leading to the camp...
... They were awaited by the camp authorities, Mandel, a man by the surname of Taube & Mandel’s helpers: Drechsler & Hasse. All of them pushed to the ditch those women who crossed the gate clumsily, tripped or fell. These women were taken to the death block & afterwards gassed.'
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