Paul Zimnol

This is an article from a Silesian newspaper, originally in the Silesian language, about my great grandfather. The journalist while researching did interview my grandmothers sister. English translation below. Paul (Polish: Paweł) Zimnol from Neu Bojschau was born on April 2, 1894. He was a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp, prisoner number 15091. Our parents were named Zimnol and Katarzyna, née Baron. They had seven children: Róża, Antonina, Florian, Bolesław, Stefan, Paul – he was the youngest – and me. When I think back to my childhood, we lived in great poverty. We were a large family, and our father had no steady job. He only worked occasionally: he made wooden items, crafted brooms and baskets, caught and sold fish – he did whatever work was available. In his youth, he took part in the uprisings. His father (our grandfather Walek) warned him: “Paul, do not get involved in politics, or you will have to pay for it one day…” But our father did not listen. He fought in the…