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Jurowecki Street

Jurowecki Street

Street where SS forces cordoned the ghetto and captured fighters were shot.

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... The SS soldiers stretched along the entire length of Jurowecki Street, cordoning off the denser section of the city from the ghetto. There was no way to escape. The battle had to be waged near a fence. Only there would the masses find a way to escape from the besieged ghetto. ...
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... Gathering together the small toddlers with their frightened eyes, Friedl tore them away from their weep- ing mothers, whom he reassured they were being sent away for “‘labor.”’ He lined them up חו‎ groups on Juro- wecki Street, gazing at them with his sadistic smile. Suddenly he took an automatic weapon in his hand and shot down the screaming babies. Fried] laughed. Then he walked over to inspect the results of his murderous act. ...
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