Person · escapee
Chaim Olszanski
Chaim
Chaim Olszanski escaped Blechamer concentration camp with his father and others.
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... force-marched to the Blechamer concentration camp.
Two days after their arrival, the Bialystoker contingent
dug a tunnel underneath the camp’s fence and escaped.
Among the brave Bialystoker Jews who fled Blechamer
were Lejzer Olszanski and his son, Chaim, who live in
Argentina; Jeszua Krawecki; Chaim Kurnianski; and
my husband, Szmuel Drogoczynski. ...Connected nodes
Event
Escape from Blechamer
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Szmuel Drogoczynski
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Lejzer Olszanski
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Jeszua Krawecki
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Chaim Kurnianski
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Bialystok
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Minsker Street
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Stutthof Concentration Camp
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Auschwitz
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Ravensbruck
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Neustadt
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Jaworzna
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Blechamer
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