https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir en-us 2020-03-04 20:07:29 UTC 2024-07-15 13:30:49 UTC hello@padlet.com griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/454659370 Frank Blaichman was born in Kamionka, Poland on December 11th, 1922. In Kamionka, Poland
His family were merchants.
By the age of 16 the German army invaded Poland.]]> 2020-03-04 20:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/454659370 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/454659596 After Germany took control of Poland. Jews needed a special permit to travel outside Kamionka. Frank Blaichman took big risks by going out, buying and selling products in nearby towns to support his rather large family of six brothers and sisters.]]> 2020-03-04 20:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/454659596 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/455932891 In October 1942, the Judenrat announced the people of Kamionka are going to moved into a ghetto in Lubartow.
Frank escaped before they were moved into a confinement as non-Jewish farmers gave him a place to hideout.]]> 2020-03-06 18:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/455932891 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/456018493 Frank found over 100 Jews hiding in a forest in a small bunker. This encampment was eventually discovered by Polish spies. Frank formed a defensive group but German soldiers easily overpowered. About 22 Jews escaped and survived including Frank Blaichman.]]> 2020-03-06 19:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/456018493 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/456953531 In 1943, after taking refuge in farmers homes. Frank's defensive group he created in the forest has now grew up to 60 people as refugees from a town called Markuszow better known as Markuszow group and the leader being Iser Eisenberg.
Then continued to grow as he met Samuel Gruber, a soldier, who escaped a prisoner-of-war camp in Lublin with 28 other soldiers. These soldiers had experience in fighting and the use of explosives

]]> 2020-03-09 15:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/456953531 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/457029167 The word 'renegade' is a person who deserts or betrays an organization, country, set of principles. 
In this case Frank Blaichman is deserting or betraying the Nazi organization making him a renegade.]]> 2020-03-09 17:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/457029167 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/457111539 2020-03-09 18:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/457111539 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/457196848 As Frank Blaichman, Samuel Gruber, and Iser Eisenberg combined their groups. It was time for action. This newly formed group hunted spies, and people who collaborated with the Germans. They also destroyed dairy factories which was the German's food supply and telephones lines to disrupt communications.

]]> 2020-03-09 21:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/457196848 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/458475282 The success of their actions caught the attention of Armia Ludowa a communist-led Polish partisan group. Which supplied them with plenty of ammo, food, all kinds of weapons and explosives. 
At the age of 21, Samuel was the youngest platoon commander in the newly expanded resistance unit. Eventually also he was selected to escort the future prime minister to the Soviet high command.]]> 2020-03-11 15:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/458475282 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/458505915 “I’m very proud of what I did all those years,” he says. “The reality was we had nothing to lose, and our way to survive was to fight.”

Essentially what he means is he isn't going down with out a fight.]]> 2020-03-11 16:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/458505915 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/458650988 2020-03-11 18:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/458650988 griffin8925a https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/458652584 2020-03-11 18:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin8925a/xb0n7skmgwir/wish/458652584