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‘At the very beginning of the war, on

Żelazna Street, I saw some Germans
putting an old Jew on a barrel and
cutting his beard and side-locks
with scissors. And there were people

gathered around, roaring with
laughter. I told myself then that during
this war I would never ever let anyone
put me on a barrel’.

Marek
Edelman

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German soldiers shaving an orthodox Jew’s beard in public, Warsaw, autumn
1939. Photo NN, in: Władysław Bartoszewski, Warszawski pierścień śmierci
1939-1944, Interpress, Warszawa 1970. Public domain