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REBECCA KOFFER (JUNE 15, 1920, ZAMOV – FEBRUARY 10, 2007, DEGASIA B) WAS AN UNDERGROUND COMPANY IN THE KRAKÓW GHETTO, THE WIDOW OF DOLK LIND, THE HEAD OF THE “FUCK OF THE WARRIOR” IN KRAKOW, A PRISONER IN AUSCHWITZ IN BIRKENAU DURING WORLD WAR II, AND IN ISRAEL MENTIONS THE DOBANIA BJ AND WITNESSES IN EICHMANN TRIALS.

BIOGRAPHY

CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
REBECCA COOPER WAS BORN IN THE NAME OF VASHKA SHUNIR IN 1920 IN THE CITY OF YISHWAB, SOUTHEASTERN POLAND TO HADASSAH TO HOUSE LANDMAN AND TO THE LIFE OF SHAPINER, A SISTER IN A PETITION TO THE LAND. SHE GREW UP IN A TRADITIONAL HOUSE WITH A CONNECTION TO ZIONISM: HER FATHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN MOVEMENT, AND HER MOTHER IN THE ASSOCIATION OF ZIONIST WOMEN. IN 1934, HER FAMILY MOVED TO KRAKOW, WHERE SHE JOINED THE ZIONIST YOUTH MOVEMENT "KIKIBA" AND AT THE AGE OF 17 SHE BECAME SECRETARY OF THE NEST. IN 1938, SHE GRADUATED FROM HEBREW GYMNASIA IN KRAKOW AND HAD SOUGHT MEDICINE, BUT SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO STUDY JEWS AT UNIVERSITIES. FOLLOWING THE REQUEST OF DAULK LEE BRYSKIND, THE HEAD OF THE MOVEMENT IN KRAKOW, BECAME THE SECRETARY OF MOVEMENT IN WARSAW. THE INTENSIVE WORK DREW THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM, AND THEY WERE ENGAGED IN JANUARY 1939 AND DECEMBER THAT YEAR THEY MARRIED. AS PART OF HER WORK, NEW CENTERS HAVE BEEN SET FOR TRAFFIC IN DIFFERENT TOWNS, INCLUDING IN YUGICH AND SKARZHESCU.

TRAFFIC IN THE KRAKOW GHETTO
ON 28 AUGUST 1939, COOPER RETURNED WITH DOLK LIND TO KRAKOW. DURING SEPTEMBER 1939, A GROUP OF MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE MOVEMENT RECEIVED NEWS THAT GERMAN AGENTS WERE SEARCHING FOR THE AKHOKE TALK EDITORS, AND THUS HER HUSBAND WENT UNDERGROUND. CONCERNED THAT THE TRAFFIC DOCUMENTS WOULD FALL BY THE GERMANS, SHE TRAVELED TO THE CASTLE OF THE SECRETARYS OF MOVEMENT IN WARSAW AND WITH GREAT PAIN, RAISED THE LEAVES, CORRESPONDENCE AND LISTS OF THE FRIENDS AND COMPANIES.
BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GHETTO IN KRAKOW, ALL JEWISH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY WERE CLOSED, THE JEWS WERE FORCED TO WEAR A WHITE SIMONE FILM AND HIS DAUGHTER WAS LOOTED. COOPER TOOK PART IN THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE MOVEMENT, TEACHING HEBREW, BIBLE AND MATHEMATICS TO MAINTAIN HIGH MORALE. WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GHETTO ON MARCH 20, 1941, HE WAS FORCED TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE IDF ON WHICH HE WAS RESPONSIBLE, BUT THE CAMP WAS EXPELLED, KIDNAPPED OR KILLED, AND SOME SEARCHED FOR A HIDING PLACE. WITH THE HELP OF FAKE CARDS ORGANIZED BY DRENGER, A FRIEND AND WORKER IN THE FAMILY PRINTING HOUSE THAT THE GERMANS USED FOR THE ISSUING OF CERTIFICATES IN THE GHETTO, WENT OUT TO THE GHETTOS IN WARSAW, JASAGA, RED, AND PAID FOR MISSIONS ON THE MOVEMENT’S MISSION. OVER TIME, THEY BEGAN TO ORGANIZE AGAINST WEAPONS.

AS A LINK IN THE UNDERGROUND

ON AUGUST 20, 1942, THE "FIGHTER RESCUE" UNDERGROUND WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE COMMAND OF DOLK LIND, WHICH INCLUDED VARIOUS ZIONIST YOUTH MOVEMENTS, AND KUPER SWORE ALLEGIANCE TO HER. SHE FILLED WITH LINK ROLES IN THE GHETTO AND OUTSIDE IT. HER MAIN TASK WAS TO RENT APARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND NEIGHBORING VILLAGES, TO SERVE HIDING PLACES FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNDERGROUND AND SHELTER FOR THE DAY WHEN THE GHETTO WAS DESTROYED. FOR HER JOB, SHE SAID:

ONE DAY, HE WAS ASKED TO SEND A GUN TO VOTERS FROM THE MOVEMENT HIDING IN THE FORESTS. WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT THE TRAIN STATION IN KRAKOW, THEY CARRIED OUT SEARCH SOLDIERS. SHE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER BITTER VISION AND TURNED TO ONE OF THE WAGONS RESERVED FOR THE MILITARY AND ASKED IN GERMAN: “IS IT GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME? I AM LATE; THE GERMAN OFFICER INVITED HER TO SIT IN THE CAR. IN ADDITION, SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF SABOTAGE OPERATIONS. SHE WAS ARRESTED BY THE GESTAPO, STUDIED LONG BUT NOT BROKEN, EVEN WHEN SHE WAS BEATEN.
DUE TO HER ARREST, SHE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT UNDERGROUND OPERATION CARRIED OUT ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1942 ON WHICH HER HUSBAND COMMANDED. THIS ACTION WAS OVER THE ESTIMATION AND WAS THE LAST IN THIS UNDERGROUND SERIES. THE UNDERGROUND FIGHTERS THREW GRENADES ON THE "SINNERYA" COFFEE HOUSE WHERE GERMAN OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS SAT AND DOZENS OF THEM WERE KILLED AND WOUNDED, WHEN ANOTHER GROUP LAID OFF