Escape attempt from Auschwitz–Birkenau- Malka Zimetbaum by Gianna Sochanchak

Who was Malka Zimetbaum

gsochanchak34 — 2025-04-01 02:21:34 UTC

She escaped a concentration camp, becoming the first woman who did as well as being extremely intelligent.

Quote

gsochanchak34 — 2025-04-01 02:22:32 UTC

"I love, and I am loved"
"The day of reckoning is near"
"I knew Edek, he was a very nice and cheerful prisoner"
"A few days before their escape, I knew what they were planning"
"I donate two locks of human hair to the Museum"
"I knew I could have survived, but I chose not to because I wanted to follow what I believed in

Website

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Video

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Where

gsochanchak34 — 2025-04-01 02:25:00 UTC

Auschwitz–Birkenau

gsochanchak34 — 2025-04-01 02:26:26 UTC

Impact

gsochanchak34 — 2025-04-01 02:54:55 UTC

Malka "Mala" Zimetbaum, a Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent, is remembered for her courageous acts of resistance and her attempt to escape Auschwitz-Birkenau, becoming the first woman to do so, and for her bravery in the face of death. Her story serves as a testament to the resilience and courage of individuals facing unimaginable horrors, and her actions helped to save the lives of many other prisoners. She tried to have inmates assigned more comfortable jobs; she got food and medicine for people in need and cheered people up. She would also warn hospital patients of coming 'selections', urging them to leave the hospital as quickly as possible. This is where Malka received the nickname Mala la Belge.

The tragic outcome

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Her final words

gsochanchak34 — 2025-04-01 03:06:23 UTC

Zimetbaum said weakly to the assembled prisoners, "The day of reckoning is near". On the way to the crematorium, Zimetbaum told the women pulling the handcart she was on that she knew she could have survived, but she chose not to because she wanted to follow what she believed in.

Her childhood

gsochanchak34 — 2025-04-01 03:08:29 UTC

Malka Zimetbaum was the youngest of five children born to Pinkas Zimetbaum and his wife Chaya, in Brzesko, Poland on the 26 January 1918.

gsochanchak34 — 2025-04-01 03:10:24 UTC

Mala’s fears were justified- her parents and her three nephews, aged 3,5 and 6 had been murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz.

gsochanchak34 — 2025-04-01 03:11:04 UTC

Mala stayed behind with Edek. He let Mala walk ahead, while he moved a few steps behind her, casual, normal, as one would often see an SS man escorting a prisoner. Slowly they left the camp. I followed them with my eyes for a good three hundred yards until I lost sight of them because the road turned slightly to the right and disappeared behind the building of the potato bunker.”