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Letters are of unique signficance, differing from other types of documentation, such as official documents, testimonies, diaries etc.. The letters relate what has already happened and what may loom in the future. Their words are often loaded with distress and the yearning for rescue.

A letter sent by Jews of Plock who had been expelled to Zarki, requesting help from their Landsman Association in Warsaw, March 2, 1941 Zarki, March 2, 1941. “I am writing this letter two days after arriving. I am in Zarki, Rodomsko district, 40 km from Czestochowa. I am here with my mother; we have no roof over our heads. We have no clothes or money. Please appeal to people from Plock to urgently help us in any way they can because we are dying of starvation and the cold. I plead for help!!!!! We were expelled on February 20th, and we were in the Dzialdowo camp for about six days. We arrived here on February 28th. We are in a miserable situation... Urgent help needed!!!!!“ . Icek Szpilman and mother. Yad Vashem Archives Click to enlarge
   
   
   
   
   

A letter sent by Jews of Płock who had been expelled to Żarki, requesting help from their Landsman Association in Warsaw, March 2, 1941

Żarki, March 2, 1941

“I am writing this letter two days after arriving. I am in Żarki, Rodomsko district, 40 km from Częstochowa. I am here with my mother; we have no roof over our heads. We have no clothes or money. Please appeal to people from Płock to urgently help us in any way they can because we are dying of starvation and the cold. I plead for help!!!!! We were expelled on February 20th, and we were in the Działdowo camp for about six days. We arrived here on February 28th. We are in a miserable situation… Urgent help needed!!!!!" .

Icek Szpilman and mother.

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