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Raizel Garncarz
Letter to Sala Garncarz, in German, Sosnowitz, Poland, March 27, 1941
Courtesy of Ann Kirschner and family

Raizel buoyantly reports of Blima, with whom Sala is especially close: “Blima is engaged, actually only a pledge, but it was important enough that I couldn’t hold back from writing you: I want you to dance as much as you want, be happy and content.” She adorns each corner of the page with a transliterated Yiddish “Mazel Tov,” or congratulations.