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The way to the toilet

Kofta, Zuzanna (1994- )

The depiction in the distance, presumably, of a miller Dwoliński hiding Mira and her mother Adela Krum, fearful of being spotted by neighbours for various activities associated with hiding. The image was used as a montage interlude in Mira Ledowski-Krum's account. It illustrates the everyday reality of hiding in the mill in Beremiany: the necessity of taking a bucket-niche with waste from the hiding place every evening. Krum Dwoliński, who was hiding Mira and her mother Adela, went with the bucket to a privy shared by all the neighbours, which was located far from the houses, near the road, by the fence. As Mira Ledowski-Krum notes: , "If any of the neighbours felt it, they would know that there were Jews there. Because the people living in those houses would go to that little house in any weather".

The story of hiding: https://sprawiedliwi.org.pl/en/stories-of-rescue/story-krzysztalowski-family

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Information about the object
Author / creator
Kofta, Zuzanna (1994- )
Object type
painting
Time of creation / dating
21st century
Place of creation
Warszawa (mazovian province)
Technique
painter’s
Material
paper
ink
graphite
Keywords
Copyrights status
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Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-M504
Localization
The object is not currently on display