Armand
Bulwa
Armand Bulwa
Born in 1929, Armand grew up in the town of Piotrkow, Poland, in a neighborhood where 10,000 Jews lived at the time. This neighborhood would become the very first ghetto in Poland in October 1939. Jews living outside this district had forty-eight hours to abandon everything and move in, sometimes five to a room. Armand, then age 10, lived there with his parents and newborn brother. Three years later, in October 1942, the majority of the ghetto's 25,000 Jews were deported and murdered at Treblinka in a matter of days. Armand was spared, [...+]
My visit to Armand
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Armand
« You don't have to take my word for it. »
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Armand
« There were 3.5 million Jews in Poland, and 3.2 million died. »
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« J’ai gardé la veste que j’ai portée six mois – 116536, c’est mon matricule, à Buchenwald, il n’y avait pas de tatouage. J’avais aussi une chemise, mais pas de caleçon, par moins 30. »
La ceinture donnée par Elie Buzyn
« Ça, c’est toute ma fortune : ma gamelle. À Buchenwald, je mangeais là-dedans, elle était déjà trouée. »
