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Flickers of Light  Jerzy Pozimski  Jerzy Pozimski was one of the
longest-serving prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
He was given a job in the camp, and in that capacity, he was
able to move between the different parts of the camp and make
contact with the prisoners, as well as influence their transfer
between jobs. Pozimski made contact with a group of female
prisoners working in the camp command post who had access to the
prisoners’ cards. At their request, Pozimski carried out tasks
for them to save the lives of their relatives or friends by
moving them to different jobs; taking them from more physically
demanding jobs to easier jobs in more protected surroundings.
Pozimski brought food, clothing and medicines vital for their
survival to Jewish prisoners. In this way, he saved a prisoner
named Kleinhandler, who was already critically ill, and the
16-year-old Jacob Maestro, who arrived in Auschwitz in March
1943 on a transport from Salonika