Hujowa Górka
Hujowa Górka (sometimes Chujowa Górka) is a place near the site of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, where in April 1944 the Nazis are alleged to have exhumed and incinerated the bodies of a claimed ten thousand previously killed Jews, apparently to hide the evidence of the crime before retreating from the area. The place is said to have taken its name from the surname of Unterscharführer Albert Hujar (also Huyar) who is claimed to have committed and directed the alleged executions.[1] It is also claimed to be a mockery of Hujar's surname, which in the Polish language is pronounced the same as a vulgar expression for "penis"; the English equivalent is a slang meaning of "prick", hence the name is Polish for "Prick Hill".[2]
Albert Hujar, who served in the Schutzstaffel (SS) Concentration Camp service, is portrayed in the 1993 epic drama Schindler's List by Norbert Weisser. The film, shot in Kraków over 72 days, was directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg.
References
- ^ Offen, Sam (2005). When Hope Prevails: The Personal Triumph of a Holocaust Survivor. Nelson Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 1-928623-59-X. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ Józef Bau (1991). "Czas Zbeszczeszczenia" (in Polish). Dekada Literacka. Retrieved March 31, 2013.