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During World War I he was in the Russian army – he showed me the Russian passport he had. He talked about how bad the situation with food was, how hungry they were. They used to catch rats and cook them, and they ate cats too. He never finished school and didn’t know Polish. I taught him to sign his name, so that he’d know how if he needed to. He knew how to pray in Hebrew, and could read and write Yiddish, but didn’t know any Polish at all. He worked at home – he had a Singer sewing machine. People would bring him trousers to sew, or sometimes whole outfits, or warm lined winter coats. He did good work.
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Poland
Interview
Michal Warzager