leaving for good
"October 15, 1942. We left our house
for good and walked down to the road. Mottel sat in the front wagon
holding the Torah. My parents went to join him while my brother
helped my little sisters settle into the rear wagon with my aunt
Trushel, her sister Golda, my uncle Ruven, and my five little
cousins. Suddenly Mottel's daughter-in-law stood up and cried to my
mother, 'Rachel, we will never come back! We will all perish!'
Everyone began to cry. Mania and I followed quickly behind the woman
who was to take us to Dombrowa and the house of Stefan, my father's
friend. The wagons left for the Krasnik station, and we never saw
our family again."
Embroidery and fabric collage, 1998.
44-11/16"W x 44-5/8"H. |