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himself. Some Germans were shot
later that day, whilst escorting
Jews to the Umschlagplatz (the
place from where the Jews were
deported). Our action was more
difficult that time as we could use
neither grenades nor bombs in or-
der not to hit Jews, and we were
getting short of rifle and pistol-
ammunition.
Later in the afternoon the Ger-
mans started blocking the en-
trances of houses, this being pre-
ceded in each case by firing at the
windows. They were met however
with an opposition being kept up
by the fire of our groups for a
considerable time. Our men re-
mained all the time under heavy
fire, being themselves short of
ammunition. When the Germans
had broken into some houses cut-
ting off thereby the retreat of a
group of our fighters, Shulamit
and Szymon jumped out of the
second floor and were killed on the
spot. Szymon kept his word that
he would not die before killing 5
Germans. Two of our fighters suc-
ceeded in breaking through the
German lines sustaining grave in-
juries.
Although we could not count
the number of casualties among
the Germans, we knew it to run
high. The fight lasted some hours
and the Germans finally set fire
to the whole district. We were or-
dered then to take positions in the
shelters. There were not many
Germans around, but we knew
that we should not be left in
peace for long, as they would soon
start exterminating the Jews hid-
den in the shelters. Our Area
Command had time, during the
lull, to make contact with other
groups, especially with that of
Shloime which had been operating
in the quarter of Shilling's work-
shops. Schwartz and Lilith, the
two runners were sent out during
the night. They returned two days
later, after they had some skir-
mishes with Germans.
Three combat group s, com-
manded by Shlomo had been con-
stantly attacking Germans since
the first day of action. A German
detachment was attacked by them
whilst attempting to enter ' the
Shilling's workshops in order to
deport the Jews by force, sustain-
ing heavy losses. AO German at-
tacks were repulsed. ,the fighters
then set fire to a large store of
timber thus rendering it impos-
sible for the Germans to gain ac-
cess to the shelters occupied by
people. The sight of the S.S. men,
ordered by their officers, to per-
form penal exercises for this act
of negligence filled the hearts of
the combatants, watching them
through windows, with deep joy.
The Ghetto was burning day
and night. Our fighters driven
from place to place by flames and
smoke, could seldom find any suit-
tro
able base for their operations. We open street fights. Whilst listen-
were both inflicting and sustaining ing to the firing coming from the
heavy losses d u r i n g that final Ghetto, for a long time, we knew
phase of fighting. ! that our groups, surrounded by
We were finally compelled by . Germans, were still fighting there.
hunger and the hopelessness of ! *Pseudonym of ono of the central lead-
our situation to seek refuge An era of the Zionist Socialist and Itecha-
the "Aryan" side. Having been or- luz underground movement in Poland.
The comrades mentioned In the
tiered by the Area Commandant , above
episode, wh o fell in the
I succeeded in passing to the Ar-
yen side and in getting in touch Warsaw Ghetto Battle in April.
May, 1943:
with Antek.* That night we man-
aged to lead out 40 p e r s o n s Hen:.ch Gutman: Commander
der of a
through the channel. T hen the Fighting Unit of „ Dror.,
passage through the tunnel was
He was born in the poverty-
burnt and other groups which at- stricken Jewish quarter of Balut
tempted to break through the Ger- !at Lodz. His family was verp poor
man lines became decimated in ' and he could not even finish pub-
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lie school because he had to start
earning his own living at a very
early age. From his very childhood
I he had absorbed all the bitterness,
sorrow and disillusionment of life.
However, he was spurred on by a
tremendous urge for knowledge
'and he would read and read books
far above his age. Whn he was
only a small boy he joined the
Zionist Youth Movement Later he
went over to the "Freiheit," the
youth movement of the P o a l e
Zion Z.S. where he was put into
a young-ag e group where he at
once distinguished himself, being
far above the lads of his own age ,
in mental capacity. He inquired
deeply into many problems for he
would never reconcile himself to
existing conditions.
After he had been in the "Frei-
heft" for a comparatively short
time he proved himself a good turd
devoted comrade, ever anxious to
inquire, to study and to learn. B e
always showed a deep interest in
studying the theoretical basis and
history of the movement. In ver-
bal expression he was often pun-
gent and sometimes even cutting.
Even at that early time he had ac-
quired a n extensive experience
drawn from the school of life and
he mastered the party tenents
and values, which was only to be
put to the test and vindicated
later, during the great ordeal.
After the outbreak of war he
went from Lodz to Warsaw to-
gether with the members of the
Kibbutz Borochow. He was put
to enforced labour at the Okiencie
Airfield. (About 600 young people
had to work there from dawn to
dusk.) At that time such labour
was still paid a wage for, a pal-
try one, of course — 3.20 Zloty
a day. The hardships and the pri•
vations he was forced to endure
only served to strengthen the na-
tural qualities of determination
and resoluteness in his nature. All
this while he did not cease to play
an important part in the under-
g r o u n d work centering at the
Movement Headquarters in War-
saw and at the Heintz Commune
located at 34 Dzielna Street. He
was repeatedly mentioned in the
diaries of the fighters and he dis-
tinguished himself during engage-
ments by his dauntless courage
He fell together with his com-
rades in the ranks of the fighters
of the Warsaw Ghetto, at the age
of 24.
Shimon Heller; Born at Lodz as
the son of a well-known intellec-
tual family. He received his edu-
cation at a If ebrew secondary
school at Lodz. Member at the
Hashomer Hazair, mostly active
with the cultural work of the
movement. In the war-time he
came to Warsaw continuing his
activity there. In the years 1940-
1941 he was one of the cultural
workers of the Jewish Under-
ground Movement in the Warsaw
Ghetto. At the preparations of the
Ghetto Rising he was appointed
commander of the area of the
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