Malmed

... Finally, the ghetto was razed. Incredibly, many young Jews, both men and women, tried to resist the military assault, killing a handful of Nazis. Unarmed their resistance was as heroic as it was futile. All were mowed down. One, Malmed, threw a bottle of sulfuric acid into the face of an SS officer, blinding him forever. I saw Malmed’s hanged body that night in the middle of Commerce Street, the main ghetto artery. ...

... The cortege extended the entire length of the barren street. As it passed the building where Malmed perished, the procession stopped to lay a wreath. Later the people arrived where the Great Synagogue had been set ablaze with two thousand Jews inside. All that was left of this magnificent edifice were a few bent iron beams. A plaque was placed to mark the site of this tragedy. Further down the road, the parade approached the ghetto cemetery, passing many Poles who removed their hats out of respect. As the people entered, they noticed many new gravestones. ...

The Nazi soldier accidently shot by his colleague whom Malmed had blinded was carried to the Judenrat building, and his body was placed on Barasz’s desk. Fried! then proclaimed to Barasz, ''566 what your Jew- ish criminals have done. Now we shall take revenge. ...