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Państwo podziemne dość wcześnie dostrzegło zagrożenia związane z działalnością Żydów-szmalcowników. ... Do najbardziej osławionych należała warszawska tancerka
Franciszka Mann oraz agent Gestapo Lolek Skosowski, oboje zlikwidowani z wyroku sądu podziemnego w dwa dni po wydaniu w ręce Niemców łącznika
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According to some versions, the new arrivals were not registered but were told that they had to be disinfected before crossing the border into
Switzerland. They were taken into the undressing room next to the gas chamber and ordered to undress. Other versions of the story mention the events that
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Underground State noticed the threats related to the activities of the Jewish szmalcownicy (szmalcownicy) quite early. ... The most famous were the Warsaw dancer Franciszka Mann and the Gestapo agent Lolek Skosowski, both of whom were liquidated by an underground court
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According to Tabau, the shots served as a signal for the other women to attack the SS men; one SS man had his nose torn off, and another was scalped. However, accounts vary: in some
Schillinger and Emmerich are the only casualties. Reinforcements were summoned and the camp commander,
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in the face with the heel, causing him to drop his firearm. She then used it to shoot
Schillinger and Emmerich. Schillinger died from his wounds several hours later while Emmerich was left with a permanent
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Schillinger, using a pistol (many accounts say his own) and fired two shots, wounding him in the stomach. Then she fired a third shot which wounded another SS Sergeant named Emmerich.
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among 125 other young ballet dancers. She was considered one of the most beautiful and promising dancers of her generation in Poland both in the classical and modern repertoire.
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follow taking place at either the selection ramp or a labor area of the camp. Regardless of location, what is confirmed is that she fatally wounded the roll call officer
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confirms the account of a woman shooting the two SS guards on 23 October 1943. It's believed the woman was
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for Nazis at the camp and, once down to naught but high heels took one of her shoes and stabbed
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Terpsychora i lekkie muzy, Bożena Mamontowicz-Łojek, Polskie Wydawn. Muzyczne, 1972
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