Nacpolsk

A grave at the top of the hill

During World War II, Franciszek Antczak lived in Nowy Boguszyn. In November 1942, he hid Joska Lewin and Moszek Kuperman on his farm after they had escaped from the ghetto in Czerwińsk. Since gendarmerie patrols began appearing in the area, he decided that the Jews would move to his sister Zofia Szkop, who lived with her children in Kolonia Nacpolsk. There, Kazimierz Szkop, Zofia’s eldest son, together with Lewin and Kuperman, dug a bunker that served as a hiding place for the fugitives. In early February 1944, gendarmes apprehended Moszek Kuperman on his way to visit acquaintances in Wyszogród. After being subjected to brutal interrogation, he revealed the location of the hideout. In the following days, the Gestapo arrested Zofia Szkop, her son Kazimierz, Franciszek Antczak, and Joska Lewin.

For helping Jews, supplying them with food, and conducting illegal slaughter, Kazimierz Szkop was sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out by guillotine on September 26, 1944. Zofia was sentenced to three years in a penal camp. Franciszek Antczak was deported to KL Stutthof – Außenlager Pölitz, where he most likely perished after January 5, 1945. Josek Lewin and Moszek Kuperman were sent to KL Auschwitz. Lewin managed to escape during a death march and, after the war, emigrated to the United States. In January 1945, Moszek Kuperman was transferred to KL Buchenwald, where he likely lived to see the camp’s liberation.