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In the meantime the camp representative of Kaiserwald had decided to send
me to be the representative of the Park camp. Initially I refused, for I knew
how much my help was needed in the concentration camp (see the chapter on
Kaiserwald, section XVII). But after the camp representative explained to me
that if I didn't go they would send another man in my stead who would be very
bad for the Jews at the Park barracks camp, I finally accepted the position.
The work crew there consisted of more than 200 people, men and women.
Some of them lived in the HKP and came from there every day to work in the
Park camp. Others were lodged in a barrack on Ganu Street. I would also like
to mention that at this time the Park camp was the only satellite camp in the
city itself. The living conditions were very good in comparison to those in the
other camps. We even had a washroom with hot and cold running water, and
later on an extra dining room.
Workshops had been set up. At that time Potasch, Pristin, Joffe, Zemel,
Meller and others worked in the men's tailoring shop. In the women's tailoring
shop Mrs. Rubinstein, Mrs. Friedmann and her daughter Madi, Mrs. Kamenkowitsch,
Mrs. Minsker and her daughter, and Mrs. Kirschbaum-Rudow worked
as seamstresses. Borkum, Rosenthal, Ritow and the professional painter
Kahn worked in the painting workshop. The workshops for plumbing, radio
repair and carpentry employed the Maurer brothers, Mulja Burstein, Slotnikow,
Golombeck, Urewitsch, Juli Kreitzer and others. Among the cleaners
were Mrs. Sima Dreier, Mrs. Burstein and Mrs. Dolgitzer. Interior work was
done by Mrs. Lilia Misroch, Schmehmann, Legow, Machmonik and Max
Salmanowitsch.
Laser, Bahn, Paul Lewi, Reisele Lubotzka and others were in a special commando
that worked at the NSDAP. A group headed by the specialist Perl
worked in a large factory hall; here one saw Sascha Woloschinski, Ritow, Dr.
Blowetz, Lewensohn and Raft. Max Michelsohn, Sioma Gurwitsch and some
others worked in the drivers' pool. A great many women worked in the huge
laundry, which was headed by Rosa Kramer; they included Miss Misroch (the
daughter), Zila Dolgitzer, Jetta Feldhuhn and Betty Segal. In the shoemakers'
workshop, which was headed by Kagan, shoes were patched, repaired and resoled
by Dubowitzki and various others. The Amburg brothers, Auguston, B.
Blumberg, Paul Wange, I. Schalit and others worked in what was called the
construction site work crew and in the carpentry and transport crews.
Through their transport opportunities, our comrades Blumberg and Wange
sometimes improved our situation by providing our work crew with food.