Event · Imprisonment
Judzik’s hiding beneath a bakery
Judzik avoided arrest while hiding beneath a bakery until May 1944.
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... I recall a particularly tragic occurrence involving
one of the last remaining Bialystoker Jews — Judzik,
son of the meat entrepreneur from Polna Street, corner
Bialystocaner, his wife, daughter of Szlumiel from
Rabinska Street, and her brother — who managed to
avoid arrest until the beginning of May 1944, staying
out of sight in a hellhole underneath a bakery on Gum-
jener Street. We could hardly recognize him, for he was
covered with unruly hair, staring at us with wildly pro-
truding and frightened eyes. Seeing us, this one-time
he-man with the strong build began sobbing uncontrol-
lably like a small child, sharing with us his incredible
experiences in the bunker. ...Connected nodes