At the police station, the man confirmed that, yes, he was Haim Molchadsky, and, yes, when the Nazis took over Będzin, a town in Poland, they appointed him head of the “social department” of the Judenrat, or Jewish council. His job required him to select who would be sent to work camps, and, as he told the police, this made him many enemies. He was later promoted to head of the entire Judenrat. Then his luck ran out, and he was sent to Auschwitz.