Persecution Events

Occasions when Michael Edelstein was impacted by persecution
Krzysztof Kosterna
Image Name Description Date
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Escape from the Roundup
With his mother's blessing, Munye rolled under the barbed wire and ran for his life September 26 1942
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Looting of the Jewish quarter
Ukrainian townspeople ransacked Jewish homes after the roundup September 26 1942
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Sheltered in Place During the Forest Aktion
Close call as Ukrainian militia sweep the forest October 1943
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Typhus Epidemic
The authorities tried to isolate the contagion within the Jewish ghetto March 1943
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Wave of Postwar Pogroms
Antisemitic actions in postwar Poland reached their climax at Kielce 1944 1946
Encounter with the Mayor
February 1944
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Deja Vu in a Hayloft
The same barn where Munye hid from the Nazis is still standing a half-century later 1999