Given name: Arje (Israel) Family name: Wilner

  • YES
  • Male
  • Arje (Israel)
  • Wilner
  • Jurek, Jrzy Borowski

  • At home he was called Lolek-Israel in other words Srulek; he was stubborn, but responsible he had a strong character. He was very close with his sister Gusta - they were similar to each other as if they were twins. He got his youngest sister involved in Szomr; another sister; in Wizo he graduated private Hebrew elementary school; after the competitive examination he got into 5th class of state gymnasium (junior high school) No 5; in 7th class he left the gymnasium and he wanted to sit the final examination as extramural pupil, but he could not make it. In 1939 he went to Slonimia to be as a 'haszar'; he was to go to Palestine.

  • activists

  • Haszomer Hacair; good looking, blond, blue eyes

  • Wilner, Gusta; Wspomnienia z getta i aryjskiej strony Warszawy - Poświęcone pamięci mojego Brata, bojownika Arje ('Jurka') Wilnera, który poległ w walce o honor Narodu Żydowskiego; (Memoirs from the Ghetto and the 'Aryan Side' of Warsaw – to Remember my Brother, the Fighter Arje ('Jurek'), who Died to Defend the Honour of the Jewish People