the outbreak of the war? ......, 11. Where were you treated? ......, 12. How
many times have you been in the parówka?³⁸⁰ ......, 13. Do you go to the
baths? ......, 14. How often? ......
7. Education and culture
1. Can you read? ......, 2. What language? ......, 3. Can you write? ......, 4. In
what language? ......, 5. What languages can you speak? ......, 6. What
is your level of education (primary school, powszechna³⁸¹ school, secondary
school, higher education)? ......, 7. In what year did you leave
school?.... [. . .] also vocational education? [. . .] now vocational training
courses [. . .]
ARG I 5 (Ring. I/105)
Description: duplicate, handwritten, Yiddish, 114×205, 207x292 mm, major damage
and fragments missing, 4 sheets, 4 pages.
24 No date, Warsaw ghetto. Anonymous. Questionnaire concerning the life situation and attitudes of Jewish youth.³⁸²
[1] Union [. . .]
How long have you been a member of the union?
Do you occupy any post in the union?
Has the union improved your wages through [. . .]?
Why do you not belong to the union? Are you afraid of the boss? Do you think
the membership fee is a waste of money? [. . .] that the union will not be able
to accomplish anything for you anyway?)
What mistakes do you see in the [. . .] how they could be rectified?
380 (Pol.) steam bath.
381 (Pol.) “general”. The szkoła powszechna (general school) was a form of elementary school in pre-war Poland and in the first few years after the war. In small localities such schools often took all children irrespective of age.
382 Seems to pertain to the situation in Łódź; see p. 12 of this document.
