A CARD FROM THE CALENDAR - SERAFIN GILERT
The circumstances of Gilert Serafin’s arrest and death are unclear. One thing is certain. Whenever he could, he was delivering flour for bread for Jews to the Ciechanów ghetto. Hunger, misery and suffering of the people locked behind the ghetto wall didn’t let Serafin quietly pass by. He was every time bringing a hand-milled grain in jute sacks into the ghetto area at first and afterwards throwing it over the wall. Was it denunciation or Serafin was betrayed by someone under pressure? Perhaps fear, prejudice? Today no one can answer these questions. Gilbert Serafin was arrested for breaking German rules, for delivering food to Jews, and was taken to Koronowo prison, which he never left again. He perished behind bars.
