JACOB WASSERMAN - A NIGHTMARE COME TRUE
JACOB WASSERMAN - A NIGHTMARE COME TRUE Krakow, Poland Jacob was the oldest of three brothers born to religious Jewish parents in the city of Krakow. In March 1939, at the age of 13, Krakow had been occupied by the Germans on September 6; Jews were not allowed to walk on sidewalks, ride streetcars, or even own radios; citizens were afraid to even walk on the streets as Jews were often abducted and beaten. In 1940, early one Saturday morning, Jews in the area were arrested. As they marched toward Proszowice, a Polish policeman (with two corpses at his side) pointed at Jacob and demanded to know why he had not greeted him with a "good morning". As he approached, he loaded his gun and pointed it at him. But as he passed by him, he struck him with the drum and shattered his nose and jaw. Jacob hid in the crowd and someone else was shot by the cop. Four days later Jacob and his father were deported to the Prokocim camp. Jacob spent the rest of the war in labor camps. In ...