It is regrettable that only such a small number of pupils have been able to benefit from private teaching, and that it has not reached a broader range of Jewish youth, so nothing else could prevent the harmful effects of the abnormal life that they constantly saw and experienced. However, parents cannot be blamed for this, as they usually did not have the moneyc⁴⁶³ to pay for a private teacher.
2. Situation of children of the resettled⁴⁶⁴
All the shocks that Jewish society suffered during the war had a very strong impact on children. The child, this small, inexperienced creature, deeply felt and worried about the events that affected the Jewish family – children had to bear all the burdens of persecution on an equal footing with their elders and with all the hardships and inconveniences that Jewish society faced.
One shock that affected children and caused the worst possible consequences for them was resettlement. The resettlements affected hundreds of thousands of Jews, and thus very many children. Together with their parents, they were driven out of their homes, as a result of which they had to endure all sorts of difficulties and suffered most from the cold, which caused numerous illnesses in the children and claimed many victims.⁴⁶⁵ Exiled, under changed conditions, the Jewish child was forced to live under harsh circumstances. And the lives of the resettled and the conditions in which they found themselves in their exile could [3] really have a terrible impact on the child, causing the worst results.
463 c-c This text is on p. 9 of the handwritten duplicate (a) (see description of the document). On the margin, there is a remark, in pencil, in different handwriting: “so the bourgeoisie made sure that its children will continue to rule the dark common people” – however, it is not clear if it was to be inserted by the author – not indicated, where – or it was the commentary of an unknown reader.
464 Reference to Jewish refugees forcibly resettled by the occupier from the territories incorporated into the Reich, as well as Jewish prisoners of war released from German camps and refugees from Kraków (1939–beginning of 1940), and Jews resettled from the Warsaw district (beginning of 1941).
465 Cf. doc. 1, 2, children’s accounts of resettlement.
