Wilhelm Armer

The Second World War - Criminals - Cracow - Krakow ghetto - Poland
Jewish Ghetto Police - Security Service SD

Dr Wilhelm Armer, a Jew, a doctor who lived at 12 Miodowa Street in Cracov ghetto, he was definitely a tragic figure, despite his cooperation with the Germans. He was considered a decent man, a good doctor, he was appreciated by his patients.

Armer became a doctor of the Jewish police - an organization hated so much by ordinary Jews. It was probably Symche Spira who induced him to collaborate. Perhaps his decision was dictated by concern for the fate of his family, especially for the safety and financial support of his daughter. He did not like wearing a Jewish policeman's cap. He was a submissive and weak man. He later regretted this decision.

In the service of the [Ordnugsdienst], he was charged with the duty to adjudicate on the Jewish origins of the arrested men. More than once, he acted in favor of Jews who were threatened with the death penalty for escaping from the ghetto - he adjudicated that they were none-jewish origin.

Armer was able to move freely outside the ghetto. He had legal Hungarian documents - he could leave the ghetto without any major obstacles. He delayed his decision, which ended tragically for him and his family - in December 1943, he and his family was transported to a concentration camp in PłaszówPłaszów (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpwaʂuf]) or Kraków-Płaszów was a Nazi concentration camp operated by the SS in Płaszów, a southern suburb of Kraków, in the General Governorate of German-occupied Poland. Most of the prisoners were Polish Jews. Many prisoners died because of executions, forced labor, and the poor conditions in the camp. The camp was evacuated in January 1945, before the Red Army's liberation of the area on 20 January. and shot. PankiewiczTadeusz Pankiewicz (1908 - 1993) - Polish pharmacist, graduate of the Jagiellonian University, owner of the "Pod Orłem" (polish: "Under the Eagle") pharmacy in Krakow, the only pharmacy operating in the Krakow ghetto. He came from a family with patriotic traditions. For his activity in aiding and rescuing Jews, he was awarded the medal "Righteous Among the Nations". He described his wartime memories in a book entitled "Apteka w getcie krakowskim" ("The Cracow Ghetto Pharmacy"). also gives another cause of his death. Armer allegedly terminated the pregnancy of Kunde's mistress. Kunde was supposed to liquidate him in order to get rid of the inconvenient witness.

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Witold Mędykowski "Przeciw swoim. Wzorce kolaboracji żydowskiej w Krakowie i okolicy"

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