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Script for Solomon Radasky Pod-cast
Narrator: Today we will be listening to one of Solomon Radasky’s story about surviving the holocaust. He was born on May 17, 1910. He died at age 92 on August 4, 2002. This is a podcast about his life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Interviewer: Solomon, you spent much time in the Warsaw Ghetto. As we all know, you lost your mother and your sister while you were being forced to clear snow off of the railroad. What are some of the details about this tragic event?
Solomon: It was indeed a very tragic and demoralizing event in my journey to survive the Holocaust. It was January of 1941 snow just kept falling. They kept me there for a very long time and when I was released I immediately went back to my home to rest. I and I was walking in the streets. Jewish police caught me and forced me to work at the railroad with many other people clearing off snow so that the trains could continue to run their normal routs. It was a very cold and snowy winter so the work was almost in vain. I wasn’t sure if I’d even make it that far on my own two feet. When I finally made it home my sister and mother were both dead. It was so terrible. I later learned that the Germans had ordered the Judenrat, a Jewish council created by the Germans to be responsible for internal matters in a ghetto, to collect gold and furs from the resident’s of the ghetto. My family, being extremely deprived of possessions, had none of either. So they didn’t hesitate and shot my mother and sister. They both died. The pain I went through was unbelievable. I was sure that I myself would never make it out of the ghetto.
Narrator: Today we will be listening to one of Solomon Radasky’s story about surviving the holocaust. He was born on May 17, 1910. He died at age 92 on August 4, 2002. This is a podcast about his life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Interviewer: Solomon, you spent much time in the Warsaw Ghetto. As we all know, you lost your mother and your sister while you were being forced to clear snow off of the railroad. What are some of the details about this tragic event?
Solomon: It was indeed a very tragic and demoralizing event in my journey to survive the Holocaust. It was January of 1941 snow just kept falling. They kept me there for a very long time and when I was released I immediately went back to my home to rest. I and I was walking in the streets. Jewish police caught me and forced me to work at the railroad with many other people clearing off snow so that the trains could continue to run their normal routs. It was a very cold and snowy winter so the work was almost in vain. I wasn’t sure if I’d even make it that far on my own two feet. When I finally made it home my sister and mother were both dead. It was so terrible. I later learned that the Germans had ordered the Judenrat, a Jewish council created by the Germans to be responsible for internal matters in a ghetto, to collect gold and furs from the resident’s of the ghetto. My family, being extremely deprived of possessions, had none of either. So they didn’t hesitate and shot my mother and sister. They both died. The pain I went through was unbelievable. I was sure that I myself would never make it out of the ghetto.
Interviewer: I’m so sorry, Solomon. Your father was also killed the next year, in 1942. Tell us what happened. What are some of your thoughts on his death?
Solomon: Well, it was April of 1942, a little over a year since I lost my mother and sister. We were all very hungry, all of the time. My father was going to buy bread from children who were smuggling bread across the ghetto’s border. They smuggles bread, potatoes and cabbages into the ghetto and sold it for cheap prices. When my father was almost home, a Jewish police man told a German that he had seen my father take bread from a child at the borderline. The German then shot my father in the back. My father had no idea it was coming. I think that it was unfair for the German to just shoot away before asking if it was the truth. My father was only trying to get food on the table for us. But I don’t think that one loaf of bread would be worth my father’s life.
Narrator: Thank you for listening to this exclusive podcast about Solomon Radasky.
Solomon: Well, it was April of 1942, a little over a year since I lost my mother and sister. We were all very hungry, all of the time. My father was going to buy bread from children who were smuggling bread across the ghetto’s border. They smuggles bread, potatoes and cabbages into the ghetto and sold it for cheap prices. When my father was almost home, a Jewish police man told a German that he had seen my father take bread from a child at the borderline. The German then shot my father in the back. My father had no idea it was coming. I think that it was unfair for the German to just shoot away before asking if it was the truth. My father was only trying to get food on the table for us. But I don’t think that one loaf of bread would be worth my father’s life.
Narrator: Thank you for listening to this exclusive podcast about Solomon Radasky.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Solomon Radasky
Name:
Solomon Radasky
How old are they in your Narrative?
Solomon is probably about 31 during my narrative.
What year does your story take place?
My story takes place in Janruary 1941.
What rights was this person denied?
He was denied many rights. One is he was treated unfairly because of his religion.
Image:
Link: Holocaust Survivors: Photo Gallery - "Solomon and Frieda Radasky"
Event:
His mother and sister are shot and killed.
What happened during this event?
Solomon’s mother and sister refused to give up there gold and furs and were shot. This happened while he was being forced to work shoveling snow off the train tracks.
How did the character react?
He was sad because his mother and sister were dead and he maybe could’ve saved them if he didn’t leave.
How did they survive?
He wasn’t at home when this event took place.
What tone will your character take when telling this story? What is their perspective? Are they fearful?Happy? Sad? Hopeful? Hopeless? Angry?
Solomon was very sad and regretting.
Sources:
www.holocaustsurvivors.org
Solomon Radasky
How old are they in your Narrative?
Solomon is probably about 31 during my narrative.
What year does your story take place?
My story takes place in Janruary 1941.
What rights was this person denied?
He was denied many rights. One is he was treated unfairly because of his religion.
Image:
Link: Holocaust Survivors: Photo Gallery - "Solomon and Frieda Radasky"
Event:
His mother and sister are shot and killed.
What happened during this event?
Solomon’s mother and sister refused to give up there gold and furs and were shot. This happened while he was being forced to work shoveling snow off the train tracks.
How did the character react?
He was sad because his mother and sister were dead and he maybe could’ve saved them if he didn’t leave.
How did they survive?
He wasn’t at home when this event took place.
What tone will your character take when telling this story? What is their perspective? Are they fearful?Happy? Sad? Hopeful? Hopeless? Angry?
Solomon was very sad and regretting.
Sources:
www.holocaustsurvivors.org
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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