In October of 1939 Emanuel Ringelblum started to collect documented events of the lives in the ghetto. This eventually began Oneg Shabbat, a secret organization that collected the writings of men, women, and children. As several more people started to hand in writing, Emanuel Ringelblum had to find trustworthy people to help hide their secret so that more documents could be moved into the archive. Oneg Shabbat grew so large they had to appoint a secretary. “The secretary of “Oneg Shabbat” Hersz Wasser was appointed by the Committee of “Oneg Shabbat” at that time and he has continued with the work to the present day”(Emanuel). However, in 1944, the location of the bunker was discovered and Emanuel was caught along with 38 other Jews. Fortunately, the words written on the pages buried in Warsaw are still there to this day. Not only did Oneg Shabbat prove that writing can provide the truth that may have be otherwise hidden it also proved that each person has a voice that must be heard.
In Warsaw ghetto there is a secret underground archive for Oneg Shabbat that held hidden documents in metal tins. Inside them contained anything from …show more content…
Not all of the documents were saved, as some had been lost in the moving and the killing of Jewish people. The documents were sealed inside of metal tins and milk cans, then buried within the ghetto in a secret archive. Buried with the hope that people would find these hidden documents. “The men who buried the archives know that they might not survive to see the moment when the treasure is dug up and the whole truth proclaimed” (Emanuel). This was written by a 19 year old named Dawid Graber. Dawid was one of the three men who actually buried the boxes and cans. The two other men were Izreal Lichtensztajn and Nachum Grzybacz. Understanding the truth of what truly happened was more important than witnessing the day that people uncovered the