Dorka Goldkorn, killed in a pogrom 1947 in Poland “Wspomnienia Uczestniczki Powstania w Getcie Warszawskim”, 1951, in Polish
Memories of a Participant of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Foreword B. [Bernard] Mark
Published by Warszawa: Zydowski Instytut Historyczny (Warsaw: Jewish Historical Institute), 1951, 27 pp.,
Lithographed soft cover, 20.5 x 14.5 cm.
Condition: some discoloring to cover; some foxing stains to title page, yellow paper.
Dorka Goldkorn (1922-June 17, 1947) was born in Warsaw, into a poor Hassidic family. She graduated from public school and later studied in a secular high school. From 1941 she was active in the leftwing labor movement. She participated in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. She escaped with a number of fighters who went over to the Aryan side through the underground sewer system. She was later deported to the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and Bergen-Belsen. In 1945 she returned to Warsaw and again took up an active role in community activities. She was murdered by Polish hooligans during the election campaign (January 1947) to the Polish Sejm. After her death Wspomnienia uczestniczki powstania w getcie warszawskim [Memoirs of a participant in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising] appeared in print. It had been published earlier in Folksshtime (Voice of the people) in Lodz. It carried a foreword by B. Mark (Warsaw, 1948)