trade-union and S.D. activist approached me and said that he recognised me
the moment I came to the bus station and that he quailed when he saw me.
Most of the newcomers were worried. They were afraid of the unknown
future, the uncertain tomorrow. Some planned to remain in Warsaw with
their friends or relatives, while others intended to [. . .] cross the River Bug.
[9] In the morning, around 6 a.m., people began to go their own ways.
I was in for very unpleasant surprises.
When I came to my friend with whom I was supposed to stay and on
whom I was even to depend financially, the servant informed me that he had
left a week before. As regards our possessions which the two Polish women
had transported for me, I received only the suitcases without the most valuable
items. The women did not return my backpack with food at all and, as far as the
money was concerned, I received only 30 zlotys. They excused themselves saying
that they had undergone a very thorough search on the train, but it was
obvious that they used that pretext to appropriate many of my belongings.
The chest did not arrive. I did not receive it until several months later: the
locks were opened and most of our belongings, and the more valuable at that,
were missing. I then learned that most of the missing items had been stolen
by the Volksdeutsche who were to store the chest when it was still in Łódź.
After two days, I moved in with my other Jewish friends whom I managed
to find and I borrowed several hundred zlotys from my Christian friends from Łódź (he was Polish and his wife was French). After some time, I received money, which my beloved wife had sent me due to the courtesy of our Christian friends (a Pole and a German from Łódź). I started my existence in Warsaw. After two years, I still do not know when it shall end or what its end shall be. Currently, the prospects for my wife and me are very bleak.
October 1941
ARG I 890 (Ring. I/859)
Description: duplicate (3 copies), handwritten (CC*), pencil, Polish, 148×160,
148×210 mm, substantial damage and missing fragments, p. 9 missing (the second copy), 26 sheets, 26 pages. According to Hersh Wasser’s note (now lost), the text was submitted by Leon Morski.⁸⁹
Edition based on all copies, 9 sheets, 9 pages.
89 Perhaps it was Leon Morski, member of the first Beirat.
