Museum of the history of polish jews

Will I ever return here?

After arriving in Pruszkow, father was taken care of and placed in hospital. The wounded man was accompanied by his wife and only she could enter the building. Mr Ryszard had to wait at the gates. Full of fear and crying he was left alone among people he didn't know. Looking at the crowd squeezing through the gate Mr Ryszard spotted a familiar face – it was Mrs Paulina Berek, known to him as aunt Pola. He made an agreement with her that he will be her son so that her life would not be threatened – as she had an Aryan son she would have a proof that she's not a Jew. After a few days everybody had to stand before the commision which assessed the suitability for work. Luckily both Ryszard and Mrs Pola were assessed as able to work, which meant that they will be sent to Germany. That's when Mr Ryszard understood that he will have to part from his family. That's when he met a doctor who promised the boy that if he sends the letter to the hospital in Pruszków, she will give it to his parents. After this promise he took the train and went to Germany.

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