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Letters to Sala

Letters to Sala


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Sala Garncarz in front of Ansbach Synagogue, Fall 1945
Sala Garncarz in front of Ansbach Synagogue, Fall 1945
  “I have the pictures of our dear father and dear mother, together with all the mail I received from home, starting from the first minute that I left for camp.”
“I have the pictures of our dear father and dear mother, together with all the mail I received from home, starting from the first minute that I left for camp.”
“Surely, we owe this to [our parents], to write in the language in which [they] spoke to us, and in the language in which we spoke to [them].”
“Surely, we owe this to [our parents], to write in the language in which [they] spoke to us, and in the language in which we spoke to [them].”
  Raizel Garncarz, February 1946
Raizel Garncarz, February 1946
Sala Garncarz and Corporal Sidney Kirschner, January 1946 Sala Garncarz and Corporal Sidney Kirschner, January 1946   “About me, there’s nothing much to write, a plain Jewish
        girl from a kosher home and that’s all.”
“About me, there’s nothing much to write, a plain Jewish girl from a kosher home and that’s all.”
“My God, enough time has gone by that I haven’t been able to be together with my Sala, my Sala, who is my whole life.”
“My God, enough time has gone by that I haven’t been able to be together with my Sala, my Sala, who is my whole life.”