that it leads to conflicts with teachers. This is done by fraudulent tutors [8], who promise to complete their course in a very short time. Lack of culture and understanding on the part of parents and pupils hinders the work of teachers. The latter make every effort to maintain high standards in secret classes, in which task they generally succeed. The requirements of the old curriculum and the genuine honesty of teachers turned out to be a sufficient weapon against all the many temptations and external pressure. Teachers work very hard and very honestly, even though their financial situation is extremely difficult, and even though the constant indifference of our society takes a particularly heavy toll on them. Although I must admit that teachers’ motives may be not as idealistic as in Poland at the end of the last century, both the social and academic results [of their work] will certainly prove to be no less significant in the future.
ARG I 672 (Ring. I/69).
Description: duplicate (two copies), typewritten, Polish, 210x295 mm, 16 sheets, 16 pages.
Edition based on duplicate (a), 8 sheets, 8 pages.
Published in: Polin, No. 13 (2000), pp. 153–158
[1] Introduction
In this article I would like to address the issue of Jewish secondary education during the war. This task presents rather serious difficulties given the secret nature of classes. This form of teaching makes it quite impossible to collect accurate statistics, and thus it is difficult to compare the current situation with pre-war data. Such a comparison would provide interesting sociological
