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Letters to Sala

Letters to Sala


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“Sarenka, you giddy girl!”
“Sarenka, you giddy girl!”
  “Our time together in the camp—your kindness to me, all that you did for me—I have not forgotten, Sarenka.”
“Our time together in the camp—your kindness to me, all that you did for me—I have not forgotten, Sarenka.”
“I sent you pajamas and a nightgown to keep you warm. Please write what else you need. I’m at your disposal any time.”
“I sent you pajamas and a nightgown to keep you warm. Please write what else you need. I’m at your disposal any time.”
  Ala Gertner and Sala Garncarz, September 1941
Ala Gertner and Sala Garncarz, September 1941