Jindřich Goldstein, anti-Semitic statements at the Liberated Political Prisoners organization

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Jindřich Goldstein briefly describes the anti-Semitic attitude of clerks he witnessed at the Liberated Political Prisoners organization in Prague.

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Statement no. 1 . B

Jindřich Goldstein:

On anti-Semitic statements heard in the Offices of the Liberated Pol.Prisoners in Prague XIX.

September 3rd, 1945

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Written with Jindřich Goldstein, born 3. 7. 1921, Czechoslovak citizen, residing in Prague XIX., Zelená 7, former prisoner of the Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Tauche near Leipzig concentration camps

Jindřich Goldstein stopped by our office today and made the following statement:

This morning, I was in the offices of the Liberated Political Prisoners in Prague XIX., where I had stopped by to get a stamp for my request for the allocation of an apartment. Two women were sitting in the office, and so I had to wait. I unwittingly overheard a conversation between two female clerks and one man, in which they called Jews an unproductive element, like profiteers, living off of and abusing benefits twice as often as other political prisoners, because they also receive benefits from their religious community and if there were any other organizations, then they would try and receive benefits from these as well. Only a few returned, but I don’t pity them in the least. In the concentration camps, all they did was receive rations. They have an aversion to work, for you can’t see any of them sweeping the streets, they keep speaking German and when one of them opens his mouth, you can tell immediately that he can’t speak Czech. And then another female clerk added: of course, there are exceptions, but these are only so-called white ravens.

Prague, on September 3rd, 1945

Signature:

Jindřich Goldstein

Statement accepted by:

Marta Kratková

Berta Gerzonová

Signature of witnesses:

On behalf of the Documentation Campaign: V. Scheck

Documentation Campaign

On behalf of the archive:

Alex Schmiedt

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Protokol č. 1 . B

Jindřich Goldstein:

O antisemitských výrocích v kancelářích Osvobozených pol.vězňů v Praze XIX.

3. září 1945

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Protokol

sepsaný s Jindřichem Goldsteinem, narozeným 3. 7. 1921 československý státní příslušník, bytem v Praze XIX., Zelená 7, bývalým vězněm koncentračních táborů Terezín, Osvětím, Buchenwald a Tauche u Lipska

Jindřich Goldstein dostavil se dnes do naší kanceláře a udává toto:

Byl jsem dnes ráno v kanceláři Osvobozených politických vězňů v Praze XIX., kde jsem byl pro razítko na žádost o přidělení bytu. V kanceláři seděly dvě dámy, takže jsem musel čekat a zaslechl jsem mimoděk rozhovor dvou úřednic a jednoho pána, ve kterém označili Židy jako neproduktivní živel, jako šmelináře, žijící z podpor, a to dvojnásobných než u jiných politických vězňů, protože berou také podpory od náboženské obce a byly-li ještě jiné organizace, tak by také tam se o podporu ucházeli. Vrátilo se jich sice málo, ale vůbec je nelitují, v koncentračních táborech byli pouze proviantníky. Štítí se práce, neboť nikoho ještě nebylo vidět zametat ulice, pořád němčí a když někdo z nich otvírá hubu, hned je poznat, že neumí česky.

Pak dodala jedna úřednice: Jsou samozřejmě mezi nimi i výjimky, ale jen tzv. bílé vrány.

Praha, dne 3. září 1945

Vlastnoruční podpis:

Jindřich Goldstein

Protokol přijala:

Marta Kratková

Berta Gerzonová

Podpis svědků:

Za dokumentační akci: V. Scheck

Dokumentační akce

Za archiv:

Alex Schmiedt

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