Mark brings his sister to their house. Her blo...

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  • Mark brings his sister to their house. Her block has been emptied. Because of the conflict between her and Celia, Mary has to leave. Mark finds her a corner in someone's room.

  • 1942-08-00
  • 1942-08-00
  • August, 1942
  • in the ghetto
  • private life / daily life
  • housing, private life
  • At the age of nine Janina David was leading a sheltered life with her prosperous Jewish family in Poland. One year later they were all facing starvation in the Warsaw ghetto.
    In the memoirs of wartime childhood Janina David describes the family\'s struggle against insurmountable odds. When it becomes clear that none of them was likely to survive, the thirteen-year old girl was smuggled out of the ghetto to live with family friends - a Polish woman and her German - born husband. When their home becomes too dangerous, she was sent with false identity papers to a Catholic convent, where she lived in constant fear of being discovered.

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  • Related people:

    • David Mary

      Janina David's aunt. During the Warsaw bombing she was injured.

    • David Mark

      Janina David\'s beloved father. When the war broke he left Poland and settled in Russia. He wanted his wife and chil...

    • David Celia

      Janina David's mother. She was raised in a wealthy family. She had studied in Warsaw.