cServes as the entrance passc⁴⁰¹
[2]cWarsaw, [. . .] December 1941
Dear Mr . . . . . .
On the occasion of the reopening of the
primary school for Jewish children,⁴⁰²
we have the honour to invite you to the solemn
SCHOOL CELEBRATION
which will take place on Sunday 21 December of the current year
at 12 noon in the “Femina” Theatre (Leszno Street 35).
Programme of the celebration:
Children’s choir –
under the direction of Dr I. Fajwiszys
Opening remarks –
Chairman of the Judenrat Eng. A. Czerniakow⁴⁰³
Our School –
Chairman of the School Department Councillor
A. Wolfowicz⁴⁰⁴
Address by the representatives of the School Patronages
Welfare of a school child:
401 c-c Text in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Polish.
402 On 1 October 1941, six primary schools were opened in the Warsaw ghetto. Those were: School No. 1 at Prosta Street 8, School No. 2 at Karmelicka Street 29, School No. 3 at Nowolipki Street 22, School No. 4 at Nowolipki Street 68 and schools at Kurza Street 10 and Gęsia Street 9. In terms of organisation, they were managed by the School Department of the Judenrat, while in terms of educational concepts and language of instruction – by school patronages.
403 On 21 December 1941 Czerniakow wrote in his diary: “In the morning, at the Community. At 12.30 p.m. an assembly in honour of the Community education. I gave a speech, as did Niunia [Felicja Czerniakow] and representatives of former school organisations”. See Czerniaków, Dziennik, p. 233.
404 Abram (Abraham) Wolfowicz (1891–1943), before WWII history teacher and headmaster of the Chinuch Society Boys’ Middle School in Warsaw. In the ghetto, he was a member of the Judenrat and president of the Union of Jewish Craftsmen. He was murdered in April 1943. See Jewish Council in Warsaw (forthcoming), docs. 56, 125, 156; ARG II 261/5 (Ring. II/231), ARG II 267 (Ring. II/129).
