Jew, Jew, the shirt is hanging out!
Meeting with Marianek in Kvar Saba
Yesterday, Marianek Blum talked about his time in Sweden. He showed me his Workbook from the Swedish school and repeated how the Swedish children shouted for him on the street in Hälsingborg. The year was 1948, just three years after the WWII ended and Marianek arrived to Sweden with UNRRA´s White Boats.
UNRRA's last White Boat to Sweden
UNRRA's last White Boat to Sweden
On July 26, 1945, Marianek (Marian, Maciek) Blum arrived with S/S Kastelholm, the last White Boat to Sweden. Marianek, was born in 1940, during WWII, and survived 4 years in the Piotrków Trybunalski ghetto and thereafter also Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. 6 years in captivity and 6 years of danger to be send to the death camps.
I told him about the Special transport no. 131 - where he was registered as a girl - Blum Maria
On the list of Jewish women deported in December 1944 from Piotrków Trybunalski to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, the first to be mentioned was Blum Maria, born February 22, 1937. Second on the list is Anna Blum, born March 15, 1912. Anna was Marianeks (Marias) mother. The deportation list is the only place where Blum Marian is listed as a girl. In addition, the year of birth is also incorrect. Marianek was born in the ghetto in 1940, not 1937. However, the day and month are correct. In the same way, Marianka's mother has become many years younger (read more able to work). In a similar way to Marianek, her birthday and month match the information on the DP-2 card, which UNRRA completed in July 1945 at the transit hospital in Lübeck.
After 5 years in Sweden, he has left Sweden for Israel. After that no one has shouted expletives at Marian (Maciek, Marianek)!
