leave yet, that we had to wait until the nights became dark, and besides they
had captured a lot of people that day. My father said [. . .] and that was the
final decision. In Piotrków, we no longer had [. . .] to do because [. . .] we had
nowhere to spend those several hours ([. . .] in which we stopped did not [. . .]
say anything, I only suffered [. . .] I do not know why he [. . .] happens to us).
So, I immediately went to Częstochowa with mother on Thursday evening,
and father came with Perełka on Friday after dinner. We rented a room with
a kitchen on the very same day [. . .] terrible here! We did not move in until
several days later. Then there was [. . .] for us to go to Zduńska Wola again,
that time legally. I [. . .] stay with father. But our plan was ruined because
from now on there are no longer [. . .]
[. . .] end my letter. Do you still have your headaches? After all, I wrote
[. . .] I did not answer all the questions. I shall finish [. . .] whether we are
alive, [. . .] and how it is here. I shall answer all of your questions. But you
must admit that this is quite a letter. Anyway, I have described the journey
to you in detail. You are the only person I have written to about it. I regret
leaving Warsaw only on account of the flat, which we had and you, of course.
Kind regards to you, your parents, and Jakub. (Write back to me soon if you
wish to receive further messages.)
ARG I 719 (Ring. I/497)
Description: original, handwritten, ink, Polish, 150×120, 140×203, 150×198 mm,
barely legible, 6 sheets, 12 pages. Attached is an envelope with handwritten
address (ink): “To Miss Alfreda Winnik, Warsaw, Nowolipki Street 24,
flat 2[. . .],” stamp of the Judenrat in Warsaw (4 May 1942), 149×119 mm, Polish,
1 sheet, 1 page. Attached is Hersh Wasser’s note in Polish: “1941(?). Original.
Part of the letter describing experiences after leaving Piotrków to smuggle.
Anonymous letter written by a woman.”
Edition based on the original with the use of a post-war typewritten duplicate
in AŻIH.
