In December 1939 there were 3,000 Jews provided for by the Community, and they were the ones who were deported to Kałuszyn436 with small bundles. Before the war there were 12,000 Jews, but during the German occupation the total number of Jews was 10,000. 7,000 remained. The deported and their baggage were put in separate wagons. The baggage wagons were then unhitched. All synagogues were destroyed. Moreover, Poles were urged to beat Jews, while the Germans took pictures. More than 40 Jewish girls were taken to Poznań, where they work on a road.
As they were leaving Pabianice they were branded. “Du musst wie ein Schwein gestempelt werden,”437 they heard. Only the people at the old folk’s home and the infectious diseases hospital remained. The Community is corrupted too. It punishes Jews with forced labour. No shops. No social or cultural activity either. Trams go to Łódź. Separate carriages for Germans, and separate ones for Poles and Jews. Polish workers were dismissed from factories. VDs are the only ones who have retained their jobs. Shops and pharmacies were taken away from the Poles. The Poles were deported in 1940, mainly peasants, but also some grange owners.
Here in Warsaw she lived at Franciszkańska Street 6. She organised a Ladies’ Circle of all women from Franciszkańska Street. In fact, only some of the women worked diligently. Various [children’s] corners were organized. They served breakfast to children, who could also learn how to read, attend dancing lessons, take art lessons, and go on trips to the Vistula River—all of this was discontinued after the Jews were locked up in the ghetto. Thereafter the scope of duties gradually narrowed and dry food products began to be issued. The house committees provided help. Moreover, commissions for [the care of] forced labour camp prisoners were established. Their activity consisted in
