The Janowska Road (1963).pdf

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LIIRARY

This book describes the life of a teen-age boy

from his sixteenth to his twentieth year.

The boy's name: Leon Wclickzcr, of Lvov,

Poland. The years: 1941 - 1945.

In 1941 the Germans came to Poland-

and the Welickzers were J ews.

Leon's father could only say: "Trust in

God ... and all will be well." His uncle said :

" Perhaps you will be rhe last survivor of the

family, the one who will permit it to live on."

And then Leon was marched down the

J anowska Road to the concentration camp.

He escaped. H e was recaptured and as-

signed to the "Death Brigade'' that obliter-

ated, with bonfires and bone-crushers, the

evidence of the Third Reich's guilt: millions

....

of human corpses. Leon escaped again, and

then once more.

He lived to testify at Nuremberg and at

the Eichmann trial.

The J anowska Road

The

Janowska

Road

LEON WELICZKER WELLS

l"HE MACMILLAN COMPANY, NEW YORK

@LEON W. WELLS 1963

All rights res~rv~d--no part of this book may b~ r~pro

duced in any form without permission in writing from the

publish~r, exapt by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief

passages in connection with a review wn'tten for inclusion

in magazine or newspaper.

First Printing

Printed in the United States of America

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, NEW YORK

COLLIER-MACMILLAN CANADA LTD.,

TORONTO, ONTARIO

Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-16138

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Acknowledgments

The author wishes to express his gratitude to the

many people who helped him in the publishing of

this book.

My warmest thanks to Rabbi Arthur Herzberg,

to Mr. Clement Alexandre of The Macmillan Com-

pany, and to Philip Kassel. I also thank the follow-

ing publishing houses : The Macmillan Company,

New York; Albin Michel, France; Carl Hanser,

Germany; the publishers in Italy, Spain, Portugal,

and in all the other countries, as well as all the

translators.

I am particularly indebted to my wife, Frieda, not

only for her encouragement to me in writing this

book but also for her devoted assistance.

I especially thank my friend Leonard Wallace

Robinson for the editing of this book and for his

deep and sincere interest in this work.

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