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| Jewish woman, boy in Polish ghetto |
Today at "komplety" we had a history lesson and all the pupils had books with them. Because Mama and Mrs. Emma were to stay longer in the city searching for Dr. Zygmunt, Maryla had to look after their children and could not come to school with me.
As the two Zdunczyk sisters lived close-by on Okopowa St. and my parents allowed me to be friends with them, we arranged to go home together. It was after 4 pm when the lesson finished and we left the house at Chlodna St. one by one, having arranged to meet some distance down the street.
I was the first to leave and stopped along the street by a shop newly re-opened after restoration as if I was looking at the display.
Reflected in the window glass I saw the figure of a man in civilian clothes on the other side of the street. He was strolling along, observing the house which I had just left. I did not know if he was a secret policeman or Gestapo.
So I went into the shop and asked about something. I did not know what to do. How to warn the girls who still remained there, and the teacher? I decided, however, to leave the shop. I saw a boy more or less Josek's age, maybe a little younger or a bit older. As I passed him I whispered: "Do you know a school near here?"
