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Jankiel (Yankel, Yaakov, or Jacob) Wiernik (Hebrew: יעקב ויירניק; 1889–1972) was a Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor who was an influential figure in the Treblinka extermination camp resistance.
Jankiel Wiernik (1889 – 1972) was a Polish Jew who was deported from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka Camp on 23 August 1942. He escaped from there during the inmate uprising on 2 August 1943.
Jan 27, 2015 · Jankiel Wiernik was deported from Warsaw to Treblinka extermination camp on 23 August 1942. On arrival, he was one of the very small number of prisoners selected to work in the camp, disposing of the bodies.
Jankiel Wiernik quickly became a member of the underground conspiracy, whose purpose was to provoke the uprising and escape of prisoners staying at the Extermination Camp. On August 2, 1943, a uprising broke out in Treblinka.
Among them was Jankiel Wiernik, saved thanks to the jamming of the revolver of the Ukrainian who was shooting at him. He arrived in Warsaw exhausted, ‘still carrying a bloodied ax, with which he killed a guard during his escape.’
Nov 5, 2014 · Jankiel Wiernik. 4.35. 1,055 ratings75 reviews. An Inmate Who Escaped Tells The Day-To-Day Facts Of One Year Of His Torturous Experiences.Jankiel Wiernik was a Jewish property manager in Warsaw when the Nazis invaded Poland and was forced into the ghetto in 1940.
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Testimony of Treblinka survivor, Yankel Wiernik. “Transports from Bulgaria began to arrive... they were eliminated like the others. The Bulgarian Jews were tall, strong and manly.
