Letter to Zofia Dutkiewicz-Baruch

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A letter to his wife informing about the recovery from a runny nose (he writes about the infection in the previous letter), the musician describes also, inter alia, the conditions in which the concerts of the Jewish Symphony Orchestra in the ghetto are held: “[...] you left me without any news about yourself for so long, although I did not write as well due to my illness, but, my naughty Child, you have probably received my letter of October 27th Zochno, I feel better, but the prolonged hopeless situation is starting to get on my nerves, here they also tighten everything, we have been sitting by candles for two weeks, the electricity is only from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday concerts are also held by candles stuck to the stands. Żabuszyński had a severe heart attack a few days ago, the pressure of 60 he is under the supervision of a doctor, but he is better. They came from Lviv, Saba with her husband and son, they have nothing, they came to us but I was not at home supposedly, as Mania says, they had a taste for Grodzisk, but Mania told them that it was impossible, everyone is fine, will God let us survive it all and when will he let me go home, to my poor lonely little Wife, I ask him every day, and my Child constantly talks to Wadzia, Mania told me. Witki ordered “an eternal rest” for Wadzia Daddy and Heniek, both at the church and at home ”.

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Information about the object
Author/creator
Baruch, Witold Wacław (1889-1946?)
Object type
correspondence
Time of creation/dating
20th century
Created place
Warszawa (mazovian province)
Technique
manual script
Material
paper
Keywords
Copyrights status
the object is not protected by copyright law
Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-A7.1.4