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Mrs. Lejzerson
Mrs. Lejzerson
Reported an account about the Jewish police superintendent.
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‘Mrs. Lejzerson related that the Nazi command
had appointed a Bialystoker Jew, who before the war
had been arrested several times for criminal activities,
as the superintendent of the Jewish police force. This
man was an expert at manipulating the Gestapo com-
mandant, finagling numerous special privileges for him-
self. For example, he was permitted to go to
Switzerland for a rest cure. Moreover, a taxi was placed
at his disposal for transportation throughout the
ghetto, which was unheard of for any other Jew. Subse-
quently, he amassed a fortune in diamonds, hiding
them in the walls and under the ground of his residence.
Finally he came to the end of his nefarious road when
he made the mistake of informing on another favorite
of the Gestapo commandant, who, angered at this con-
duct, ordered him arrested and beaten. As additional
punishment, he was forced to march through the streets
of the ghetto proclaimin ...Connected nodes