180 zlotys per month on average, whereas now she earns 320−350 zlotys, and there was a time when she was earning over 500 zlotys.
She usually talks about her tutoring with reluctance, stressing that it has become mechanical and extremely boring, etc. She regards her work in the House Committee as her most important and significant duty. Her activity on the committee has its own history. It began as early as before the closure of the ghetto. At that time there was no committee in the tenement, but there were plans to open a Children’s Corner. She was contacted because of her pedagogical aspirations and she accepted the proposal after some initial doubts. She was assigned a few young helpers, among them Lutek S. and Leon K. Together, they began to organize the Corner. Their efforts proved successful. The organisation of the Corner was exemplary, and this won Miss Ewa popularity and respect throughout the whole tenement. The heyday of the Corner soon passed, but Miss Ewa then became involved in the House Committee, which was being organised. Initially she was the director of its section for the bread and basket campaigns.336 She then organised the Ladies’ Circle (which operated for an even shorter time than the Corner) and then became the director and organiser of the Youth Circle. In the end she turned out to be the only member of the Committee who had a certain organisational zeal and flair. Nowadays, she takes care of all committee matters save financial issues. She has a very serious attitude about her work. She clearly takes delight in the popularity and respect she has won on account of her activity. Her pre-war shyness and modesty have disappeared without a trace. She is energetic and enterprising, which often go hand in hand with excessively loud behaviour. She likes to surround herself with a crowd of young collaborators. Her manner of speech has acquired a characteristic imperative tone, which seems haughty. Her family situation has remained unaltered. Both her parents are alive. She has a younger sister, aged 12, and an old grandmother. She has a harmonious relationship with her parents, just like before the war. Her father is proud of her, while she treats him with perhaps a little too conspicuous respect and devotion. For instance, when she is at a meeting, and her father accidentally walks into the room, she gets up and asks in a respectful tone how she might help him. She often rebukes her younger sister, and those who visit her more frequently claim that she sometimes [2]
