I have been working at the common room at Twarda Street 18 since March 1941.
Thanks to the tireless work of the care worker of this Point, Mrs Feferberg,²⁶³
as well as all of us, i.e. the Point’s head, the nurse hygienist, and myself, I must
honestly admit that I have not encountered difficulties such as those that my
colleagues told me about at the meeting on 14 December.
In the first period of care work, I achieved more than I had expected.
The children were learning, reading, singing, drawing, doing manual work,
playing games, sewing, etc. There were various events held for CENTOS.
After that came very hard times. The spectre of hunger was so terrible that families began to flee to the countryside. After several weeks, for reasons beyond their control, those families came back, but in such a sorry spiritual condition, both adults and children. That was when I got sick. When I returned to work after my illness, the children were very happy. Their first question was when would the classes begin. The children from my common room are suited for learning and could be taught, but, unfortunately, I am now facing terrible difficulties. Children often do not come to the common room due to lack of shoes and clothing, as a result of which they get sick and are sometimes gravely ill. However, the lack of teaching aids also hinders the proper execution of this task.
As far as supplies are concerned, I am of the opinion that the meal and the products should get directly into the hands of the care worker, because nobody knows the children at a given Point as well as she does, so she knows to whom these products should be allocated.
Common room care worker (–) B. Frenzel
263 Perhaps she was also the manager of a undergarments workshop and a district sewing room at Twarda Street 18. See ARG II 127 (Ring. II/20), ARG II 132 (Ring. II/19).
