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Letters to Sala

Letters to Sala


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Sala Garncarz, 1936
Sala Garncarz, 1936
  “Goodbye, everybody; remember me, only please do not pity me, because nobody forced me to do this.”
“Goodbye, everybody; remember me, only please do not
pity me, because nobody forced me to do this.”
“When Mother received your postcard, she was the happiest person in the world.”
“When Mother received your postcard, she was the happiest person in the world.”
  “No words can express how overjoyed we were to receive your card… We all cried like little children not even knowing why.”
“No words can express how overjoyed we were to receive your card… We all cried like little children not even knowing why.”
“Write whether you are in good health, you know how worried we are about you, how anguished and sad.”
“Write whether you are in good health, you know how worried we are about you, how anguished and sad.”