Abram Tauber – Jewish Killer of Poles
Edward Reid
The story of
Abram Tauber – a Jew saved by the Home Army who after the war became the head
of the UB in Chodel (UB-communist Security Office). This story shows that in the case of
Polish-Jewish relations – especially in the post-war period – there can be no
simple, zero-one narrative.
Just like
there were some Poles who told to Germans about hiding Jews, so were the Poles
who were hiding themselves from terror carried by communist tormentors, most of
whom were Jews (depending on department between 70%-90%). Abram Tauber was
hidden by soldiers of the Home Army (AK) during the war. When Soviet troops
appeared in the vicinity of
He received
help from the Home Army (AK) soldiers who were commanded by Major Hieronim
Dekutowski (“Zapora”). Many times he
could count on a refuge in locations controlled by the “Zaporczyków” [AK
soldiers who never accepted soviet occupation after 1945]. In the second half
of 1944, when the Soviet soldiers took over the area of the
Already at the beginning of 1945, Tauber was
appointed as commander of the MO [communist police] station and the head of the
UB in Chodel. As the head of this communist unit, he contacted four Home Army
(AK ) soldiers whom he knew from the period of hiding from the Germans (one of
them was the one who saved him directly). The soldiers went to meet Tauber
completely voluntarily and without weapons.
It is not
out of the question that they were convinced that Tauber, who had been saved
earlier by them, would like to repay them, set the vodka or give some good
advice for a new reality. What turned out in reality? The meeting with Tauber
was a classic UB trap. Tauber had them first bound with barbed wire, and then
he shot everyone in person. Hearing about this, Hieronim Dekutowski (“Zapora”)
decided to return to the conspiracy.
He organized
a group of several dozen Polish soldiers and – as part of revenge for Tauber’s
deed – on the night of 5 to 6 February 1945 he broke out the MO / UB station in
Chodel. The Dekutowski group, however, did not find Tauber in place. According
to the testimony of one of the “zaporczyków” of Stanisław Wnuk (pseudonym
“Opal”), Tauber was soon transferred to the UB in
Abram Tauber was undoubtedly a victim of the
anti-Semitic policy of Nazi Germany. However, when the opportunity arose, he
became an officer of a criminal regime, for whom the enemy he was fighting for
the freedom of the Poles.
Here is a
link honoring this War Criminal.
How many
more like that were there?
Abram Tauber –
Jewish Killer of Poles
Edward
Reid
The story of Abram Tauber – a Jew saved by the Home Army who after the
war became the head of the UB in
Chodel (UB-communist Security Office). This story shows that in the case of Polish-Jewish
relations – especially in the post-war period – there can be no simple,
zero-one narrative.
Just like there were some Poles who told
to Germans about hiding Jews,
so were the Poles who were hiding themselves from terror carried by communist
tormentors, most of whom were Jews (depending on department between 70%-90%). Abram
Tauber was hidden by soldiers of the Home Army (AK) during the war. When Soviet
troops appeared in the vicinity of
He received help from the Home Army (AK)
soldiers who were commanded by Major Hieronim Dekutowski (“Zapora”). Many
times he could count on a refuge in locations controlled by the “Zaporczyków”
[AK soldiers who never accepted soviet occupation after 1945]. In the second
half of 1944, when the Soviet soldiers took over the area of the
Already at the beginning of 1945,
Tauber was appointed as commander of the MO [communist police] station and the
head of the UB in Chodel. As the head of this communist unit, he contacted four
Home Army (AK ) soldiers whom he knew from the period of hiding from the
Germans (one of them was the one who saved him directly). The soldiers went to
meet Tauber completely voluntarily and without weapons.
It is not out of the question that they
were convinced that Tauber, who had been saved earlier by them, would like to
repay them, set the vodka or give some good advice for a new reality. What
turned out in reality? The meeting with Tauber was a classic UB trap. Tauber
had them first bound with barbed wire, and then he shot everyone in person. Hearing
about this, Hieronim Dekutowski (“Zapora”) decided to return to the conspiracy.
He organized a group of several dozen
Polish soldiers and – as part of revenge for Tauber’s deed – on the night of 5
to 6 February 1945 he broke out the MO / UB station in Chodel. The Dekutowski
group, however, did not find Tauber in place. According to the testimony of one
of the “zaporczyków” of Stanisław Wnuk (pseudonym “Opal”), Tauber was soon
transferred to the UB in
Abram Tauber was undoubtedly a
victim of the anti-Semitic policy of Nazi Germany. However, when the
opportunity arose, he became an officer of a criminal regime, for whom the
enemy he was fighting for the freedom of the Poles.
Here is a link honoring this War Criminal.
How many more like that were there?
The story of Abram Tauber – a Jew saved by the Home Army, who, after the war, became the head of the Security Service in the village of Chodel.
This story shows that in the case of Polish-Jewish relations – especially in the post-war period – there can be no simple, zero-one narrative. Just as there were bad Poles surrendering hiding Jews to Germans, so were there Jews, overrepresented among communists, who tortured and murdered patriotic Poles hiding from communists. Abram Tauber, who was Jewish, was hidden from Germans by Home Army soldiers during the war. When the Soviet army appeared in the vicinity of Lublin, he joined their side. Soon, he became the head of the UB (Security Service) in the village of Chodel and personally murdered four Home Army soldiers.
Abram Tauber, due to his Jewish origin, did not have an easy life under German occupation. He had to hide. He was assisted by Home Army soldiers under the command of Major Hieronim Dekutowski (nicknamed “Zapora”). He often came to rely upon shelter in locations controlled by the “Zaporczyk” unit.
In the second half of 1944, when Soviets took over the Lublin region, Tauber decided that the threat to his life would be much smaller if he moved to the areas from which the Germans had been driven out. He did that and joined the regime installed by the Soviets.
In early 1945, Tauber was appointed commander of the police and head of the UB, in Chodel. As the head of this communist unit, he contacted four Home Army soldiers whom he knew from the period of hiding from the Germans (one of them saved him directly). These soldiers went to the meeting completely voluntarily and without weapons. It is possible that they were convinced that Tauber, who had been saved by them earlier, would want to repay them somehow, treat them with some vodka or give some good advice on the new reality.
The reality turned out very different. The meeting with Tauber was a classic UB ambush. Tauber ordered the soldiers to be tied up with barbed wire first and then shot them all personally.
Upon hearing the news, Hieronim Dekutowski (“The Firewall”) decided to return to the underground. He organized a group of several dozen Polish soldiers and – as a revenge for Tauber’s conduct – on the night of February 5-6, 1945, he broke into the MO / UB police station in Chodel. The Dekutowski group did not find Tauber, however. According to the account of one of the “Zaporczyki”, Stanisław Wnuk (aka “Opal”), Tauber was soon transferred to the Szczecin UB. Finally, he supposedly emigrated to Israel.
I throw this “pebble in the garden” to show that – contrary to what the Yad Vashem Institute claims – the history of anti-Semitism and anti-Polonism can sometimes intertwine. Abram Tauber was undoubtedly a victim of Nazi Germany’s anti-Semitic policy. However, as soon as the opportunity arose, he became an officer of the criminal regime for whom the primary enemy were Poles fighting for freedom.
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