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In March 1938 I was arrested and sentenced to 18 months. I still have the original indictment. I did my time together with other communists in a prison in Cieszyn [town 50 km west of Cracow]. During that time, my father died of tuberculosis. I wanted to attend his funeral, but the police said that had to be under escort, and I didn’t agree to that. So I didn’t attend his funeral, but my father is buried at the Jewish cemetery [in Bielsko].
I was released in June, a few months before the war, and was banned from the town for ten years as an ‘undesirable element.
I was released in June, a few months before the war, and was banned from the town for ten years as an ‘undesirable element.
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Leon Lifsches