Tuesday, August 01, 2023

"They were educated people."

At around 1:27:40...

"Somebody betrayed him...somebody would catch him, because he looked Jewish, you know. You could tell.

And then, of course, I was constantly trying to cover up my identity, constantly authenticate, cover up, you know, any opportunity. When you were speaking anti-Semitic stuff, I'll be more anti-Semitic. Make anti-Semitic remarks, when he--these people, these (Povolskis) would never go to church. They were educated people. He was an engineer, and he--so in order to further authenticate myself, as with the villagers, I used to go to church, so I would go to church. And that (Usek), the knife stealer, would be my guide."

Transcript of interview of Samuel P. Oliner, page 65.

"Oral history interview with Samuel Oliner"

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512442

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