After 1 June 1941, Warsaw ghetto. Essays of students of clandestine classes
and reports of the children’s self-government and at kitchen-school no. 145
on Nowolipki Street 68.
The following materials have been submitted to the underground Archive by
Israel Lichtenstein, teacher and author, member of the management of the kitchen-
school at Nowolipki Street 68. Lichtenstein referred to his pre-war experience
in organising children’s self-government.¹⁰⁸
[1]¹⁰⁹ What [. . .]
The first day made the kitchen [. . .] the hall was [. . .] flowers. [. . .] The soup
was [. . .] served pleasant [. . .] I am pleased that I can spend a certain amount
of time there together with other children, under the supervision of a teacher
who organizes interesting talks and pastimes.
E. Rozenblum
[2] What [. . .]
On the first day [. . .] . . . made a very good impression [. . .] . . . I found
myself [. . .] . . . in an instant they threw themselves [. . .] from the children.
The teacher [. . .] . . . because she is very pleasant. Children sat at the tables
and sang lovely songs. The teacher read the children something nice or chatted
with them. This is the impression the kitchen made upon me.
Kharo¹¹⁰
[3] In the summer [. . .] to the kitchen. [. . .] After the lunch [. . .] she told us [. . .]
bathing. Noise and cries started in the classroom. No, nobody is going to bath,
as they cut hair. I was sorry that we are not going to be bathed as I like a lot
to wash up and splash with water. Our teacher convinced us however that the
hair is not to be cut. Children were delighted. On the following day we went
to bathe. There was so much laughing and squeaking! We were jumping and
108 See ARG I 1425 (Ring. I/156).
109 Postwar archival page numbers.
110 Can also be pronounced Karo.
