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But the children are very keen to learn. From the very first days in the
common room I have tried to introduce regular activities. However, I do not
have proper reading material and textbooks. The summer weeks were joyful,
with sunshine, air, and meals. I used to go with the children out to the square
designated for them. There was a certain break in regular common-room
activities, to which we returned to in the second half of September. Here again,
one could feel the lack of books, school supplies, blackboard, closet. A very
cold October and frosty November negatively affected the regular course of
classes. The children were freezing in the common room. It was only possible
to stay there for children dressed in warm overcoats, scarves, hats, gloves,
and shoes. The stove installed several days ago and the warm days make the
common room warm. We are going back to regular operation. We still need
books, notebooks, drawing paper, and other school supplies and a blackboard.


17 December 1941                                                                             H. Brams


[13] Report from the Point at Dzika Street 19


The Refugee Point at Dzika Street 19 occupies the entire property, i.e. about
14 single-room premises – there are 160 refugees. On the first floor there is
a large, bright, clean, two-windowed room – it is a common room for refugee
children. Next to it is a toilet that only children use. There are currently
72 children at the common room. Generally speaking, the children are clean,
but they painfully lack shoes and clothing. The youngest, barefoot children are
carried by their mothers, who bring them to the common room – it is worse for
the older ones, as lacking footwear, they are forced to stay in their bunks all
day. The saddest is the situation of full orphans; there are 22 of them, emaciated,
unattended, mostly suffering from tuberculosis. Health has deteriorated
since November due to the cold. For just the last several days, the common
room has had a stove. It would be very advisable for this handful of orphans
to be placed in a boarding house, because I can only provide care from 9 a.m.
to 2.30 p.m., although all the children stay at the common room until dusk.
Children are between the ages of 3 and 14, and they should be divided into
three groups: 3 to 7, 7 to 10, and 10 to 14. For the time being, activities at the
common room are limited to talks, games, and playtime.