“Grandpa, but it's impossible”

A bovine wagon transported people to the work and concentration camps. At each station they were divided according to commission guidelines. After arriving at the distribution camp in Mekingsburg (between Hanover and Bremen) Mr Ryszard was very thirsty, which was understandable as he wasn't given anything for the last few days. Apart from a bowl of rainwater he didn't find anything to quench his thirst. When the “Righteous” told this story to his grandson he couldn't believe it and was sure that his grandfather was joking. But it really happened. Mr Ryszard couldn't stand the thirst and drank the rainwater. The Germans are famous for their scrupulosity, and thanks to the fact that people name's were placed on registers, Ryszard's mother found out where her son was. After some time he received his mother's letter from which he learned that his father was getting better in a private hospital. The life of Mr Ryszard's family is full of such coincidences, lucky events which Mr Ryszard describe as miracles. Such a miracle was also the salvation of Mr Kazimierz, who by a rather “unclear way” left Pruszków and became employed by the town mayor. After the war, Ryszard returned with Mrs Paulina to Poland from the forced labour camp. Aunt Pola took him to a safe place, and she was left searching for her lost husband.