https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe Made with the best of intentions en-us 2021-05-12 17:43:18 UTC 2025-02-21 20:15:05 UTC hello@padlet.com 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518575597 Frank Blaichman was born in a small town called Kamionka, Poland.]]> 2021-05-12 17:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518575597 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518603020 Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany and begins to ban all parties besides the Nazi party and takes many rights away for Jews.]]> 2021-05-12 17:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518603020 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518634361 The German army begins to invade the western and central parts of Poland. ]]> 2021-05-12 18:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518634361 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518647034 Within mouths of the invasion more regulations for Jewish people were put into place causing them to wear the yellow Star of David everywhere they go and requiring special papers to travel. ]]> 2021-05-12 18:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518647034 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518665793 Frank's family soon began to run out of money. Frank had to start taking risks. He took to the road illegally without travel papers or the Star of David to buy and sell whatever goods he could find. ]]> 2021-05-12 18:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1518665793 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522075944 Life became harder and harder for Frank and the Jewish community. They suffered hunger, disease, harassment, raids and shootings. ]]> 2021-05-13 17:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522075944 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522083138 Frank and the Jews of Kamionka heard that they would be relocated to a ghetto in Lubartow. Frank instead escaped and hid out in a bushy area just outside of town. ]]> 2021-05-13 17:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522083138 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522114047 Frank learned that his family and other Jews in his community had not been relocated to a ghetto but instead put on a train to an unknown location. He fled to the woods with thousands of other Jews. ]]> 2021-05-13 17:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522114047 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522126451 Frank soon realized the forest did not provide enough protection when after getting a tip, German soldiers invaded their shelter in the woods. 80 Jews were killed during this invasion but Frank was one of the 22 men that survived. Frank and the group of men that survived began to seek shelter in more secluded and safe areas such as small villages, keeping on the move or farmer's houses along the way. ]]> 2021-05-13 17:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522126451 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522155196 Frank and his group joined an even stranger all-Jewish unit with ties to Polish underground and Soviet army. They gave them much need food and shelter. Frank and the rest of the group saved 200 Jews living in the forest encampment. ]]> 2021-05-13 18:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522155196 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522168146 After the war Frank became a Polish security officer in charge or tracking down Nazi collaborators. He also married his wife Cesia Pomeranc which he met during the war. ]]> 2021-05-13 18:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1522168146 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1524990983 2021-05-14 15:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1524990983 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1524996294 Fed up with the continued antisemitism in Poland even after the war Frank and his wife began looking to move. They eventually immigrated to the United States and settled in the New York area. He went on to write a book and do many interviews to help better educate what happened during WWII and how Jewish people resisted.]]> 2021-05-14 15:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1524996294 25graykylie https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1525040766 2021-05-14 15:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/25graykylie/3vmu9hd0cy1gs9oe/wish/1525040766