A Cup of Tears: A Diary of the Warsaw Ghetto
Tuesday, 29 December [1942]
If one looks closely at the passers-by in the streets of the Warsaw ghetto one can see that the overwhelming majority of them are not originally from Warsaw, but are from small towns. They were driven out from their homes a long time ago and saved themselves during the expulsion by hiding out in various dark corners. In…
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