The Horse Adjutant

The Horse Adjutant

The type of carriage Moshe & Leon Drove in Tarnow. Two soft seats across from two hard seats. fig. 56

would gladly do anything for him so, of course, I gave him the items. Sol, however, did not want me to be empty-handed and agreed he would pay the cost. On that day I was very pleased to help Sol in this small way. There was plenty of downtime in the ghetto. It was only three blocks long by four blocks wide. It was very crowded, filled with thousands of people, making it easy to meet the same people on the street over and over. One day I met a young man named Chaim. He was friendly, and we shared a little bread. It wasn’t hard to figure out that Chaim was a little more religious than I was, but this didn’t matter. Chaim needed work, but I was not in a position at the time to help him other than to share stories and a little food. While eating, we commiserated about our situation, both of us dis- placed in the ghetto without parents. Chaim told me he was from Bochnia. One day, a random selection descended upon the ghetto, and Chaim was gone, reportedly to Auschwitz. I had heard the name of this place more than once; it was associated with strange rumors. The Jewish police eventually found out that I was smuggling food and they were

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