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war, and many of his customers were farmers who came every
week to the city to stock up on supplies. Papa hoped that one
of them would be willing to help us but he was quite skeptical.

“One night, we crawled to the fence that enclosed the ghetto
and we managed to get out – rst Papa, then me, and lastly,
Mama and Mirushka. Mama had given Mirushka a sleeping
pill so that she would not make a noise and attract attention,
and she slept the entire time. We walked all night, using only
side streets and paths, until we left the city and arrived at a
village. We walked around for the next few days, going from
village to farm, on the lookout for the Gestapo all the time. We

Chapter 2met a local farmer’s wife and Papa asked her if she could take

Mirushka home with her, and she consented. Papa had feared
that no one would agree to help us because we knew that all
the local villagers harbored a rabid hatred for the Jews. He was
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in complete silence, we crawled through the tall stalks of wheat.
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