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First day of school today. Marysin is quite a long way away, and what’s worse, it’s very muddy because of the non-stop rain. The shoes I got at school are starting to wear out and there’s no way to repair them. We’ll be walking to school barefoot before long. The school is in a small building, there is hardly enough space for benches. There is no other school equipment (not even a blackboard). We sit in the classroom in our coats because there is no cloakroom.

We had six lessons today. During the last lesson we had a visit from Rumkowski and other ghetto ‘dignitaries’. Rumkowski inspected the kitchen, tasted the soup (maybe that’s why it was so good) and spoke to us. He talked about the problems with opening the school and said he’ll try to get more for us. He told us to be diligent, clean and well behaved. So now to study, study and study some more.