A square of a sky, London 1992
- Janina
- David
- London
- 1992
- memoir
- yes
- after the war
- English
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At the age of nine Janina David was leading a sheltered life with her prosperous Jewish family in Poland. One year later they were all facing starvation in the Warsaw ghetto.
In the memoirs of wartime childhood Janina David describes the family's struggle against insurmountable odds. When it becomes clear that none of them was likely to survive, the thirteen-year old girl was smuggled out of the ghetto to live with family friends - a Polish woman and her German - born husband. When their home becomes too dangerous, she was sent with false identity papers to a Catholic convent, where she lived in constant fear of being discovered.
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Kraut
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The Davids' landlord.
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Kraut
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The owner of the house were the Davids lived. He was starved by his wife.
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Kraut
Rachel
Mrs. Kraut's stepdaughter.
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Stein
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A rich man.
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Sherek
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The David's neighbour.
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Sherek
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The David's neighbour.
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Sherek
Mietek
The Sherek's seventeen-year-old son. At the beginning of his stay with the David's, he often played cards with Janin...
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Siostra Ludwika
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A nun in the convent, where Janina David is staying.
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Siostra Eulalia
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A nun in the convent, where Janina David was staying.
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Siostra Marta
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A nun in the convent, where Janina David was staying.
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Siostra Małgorzata
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A nun in the convent, where Janina David was staying.
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Siostra Zofia
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The nun in the convent where Janina was staying.
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Profesor S
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A doctor
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Para
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The probably escaped from the ghetto. They were going to head south, to the mountains, than across the border to Tur...
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Stefa
Janina David's nanny.
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Krystyna
The daughter of the owner of the house, where Janina David is staying in Crossways.
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Janice
The daughter of the owner of the house, where Janina David is staying in Crossways.
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Tadek
The 13-year old son of the owner of the house, where Janina David is staying in Crossways.
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Margot
Janina David's best friend.
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Izaak
A boy whom nobody liked in class. Janina sat with him in class and helped him in his studies.
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Babcia Autorki
Janina David's grandmother.
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Dziadek Autorki
Janina David\'s grandfather. During the bombing of Warsaw in 1939, he organised the fire brigade.
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Lydia
The owner of one of the biggest hairdressing salons in Warsaw and a Beauty Institute.
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Tosia
Janina David's best friend.
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Eric
The owner of one of the biggest hairdressers saloon in Warsaw.
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Paul
Mrs. Lydia's son.
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Tommy
Mrs. Lydia's son.
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Lola
Janina David's aunt. Very rich.
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George
Janina David's uncle. Very rich.
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Richard
Janina David's cousin. A very intelligent child. During the spring of 1939 he fell ill. The doctors diagnosed mening...
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Niemiec
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Lydia's lover.
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Jola
Janina David's friend.She was taken during the first deportation action.She was shot by a German, while trying to es...
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Ryfka
She lived in the same house as Janina David, with her mother and innumerable sisters. She had the longest hair in th...
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Rosa
The Davids' cousin.
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Bertha
Celia David's cousin. During the second deportation action, her husband found a good hiding place for her.
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Henryk
Celia David's cousin's husband. During the second deportation action, he hid his wife in a good hiding place.
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Alicja
Janina's best friend in the convent.
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Janie
She lives in the convent. She is tormented by other girls.
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Bronia
Janina's student.
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Lala
A beautician
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Franka
She is five years old when she arrives at the convent.
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Gold
Sara
Together with her husband they rent a room to Janina David and her family.She was taken during the first deportation...
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Gold
Simon
Together with his wife they rent a room to Janina David and her family.He was taken during the first deportation act...
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Roth
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A widower, a father of two twin daughters. He committed suicide when he discovered that his girls had been deported.
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Rolska
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A teacher in the convent, where Janina David was staying.
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Bloch
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She gave lessons which took place in her apartment.
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Bliźniaczki Roth
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The lived with their father, a widower. During his absence, they were deported.
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Beatus
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He lived in one apartment with the Davids and his wife. Before the war he studied philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 193...
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Beatus
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She lived in one apartment with the Davids and her husband. Before the war she studied at the Sorbonne. In 1939 she...
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Matka Przełożona
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Mother Superior in the convent where Janina David is staying.
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Janiny David
Wujek
Janina David\'s uncle. He was a soldier in the Polish Army. He took part in the defence of Warsaw in 1939. Later he...
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David
Janina
She was born in Poland, the only child of a middle-class Jewish family. She lost her parents during the war years an...
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David
Celia
Janina David's mother. She was raised in a wealthy family. She had studied in Warsaw.
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David
Mary
Janina David's aunt. During the Warsaw bombing she was injured.
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David
Zygmunt
Janina David\'s cousin, she used to call him Zyggie. During the Warsaw bombing he was injured.He suffered from diabe...
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David
Mark
Janina David\'s beloved father. When the war broke he left Poland and settled in Russia. He wanted his wife and chil...
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A typical Polish village, consisted of about a hundred farmhouses and summer villas, scattered among the woods. Jani...
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- Janina wrote the best essay that Mrs. Bloch had from all her stude... 1942 ,
- Janina's meals were monotonous and not very tasteful. Despite this... 1942 ,
- Janina's parents always gave her the best part of every meal. Jani... 1942 ,
- Father had a wonderful surprise for Janina. He had bought two tick... 1942 ,
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- Mrs. Bloch asked for volunteers to help at the local orphanage. Sh... 1942 ,
- Janina developed an eye infection. Their doctor suspected trachoma... 1942 ,
- Celia had an admirer - Mr. Stein, a very rich Jew. Her sister want... 1942 ,
- There are rumours about a special extermination brigade composed o... 1942 ,
- Odkryto nielegalną drukarnię gazet w getcie. Przeprowadzono masakr... 1942-04 ,
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- Celia faints - she is pregnant. She doens't know what to do - if s... 1942 ,
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- Janina is going to leave the ghetto with a group of workers. A tal... 1943-01 ,
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- Eric pics Janina up from the street and takes her to his apartment... 1943-01 ,
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- Lydia dostaje telefon z pogróżkami. Ktoś wie, że mają u siebie żyd... 1943-05 ,
- The atmosphere at home is hard to bear. Lydia is never there and J... 1943 ,
- Eric załatwia Janinie nowe dokumenty tożsamości. Odtąd Janina będz... 1943-08 ,
- W niedziele jest czas odwiedzin. Janina co tydzień czeka, aż przyj... 1943-08 ,
- Eric wreszcie przyjeżdża. Przynosi Janinie paczkę cukierków. Otrzy... 1943-10 ,
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- Janina odkryła, że w zakonie istnieje prawdziwa łazienka z wanną.... 1943-08 ,
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- Janina's best friend - Alice, by accident spills some boiling wate... 1943 ,
- Eric visits agian. This time he brings the boys along. He has got... 1943 ,
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- Janina mdleje podczas przedstawienia. Jest niedożywiona i ma ciężk... 1943-12 ,
- Eric brings Janina home for Christmas. New Year's eve is rather sa... 1943 ,
- Erica aresztuje Gestapo. Janina nie wie dlaczego. Przychodzi po ni... 1944-01 ,
- Janina finds out why did she suffer such hunger in her former conv... 1944 ,
- A week before Easter Janina is baptised. Sister Zofia is her Godmo... 1944 ,
- Janina jest bardzo chora. Znowu nasila się szkorbut i dziąsła bole... 1944-10 ,
- Okazuje się, że Janina ma żółtaczkę i cierpi na skrajne niedożywie... 1944-10 ,
- There seemed no way one could reach the children in the convent .... 1944 ,
- Janina jet tak słaba, że nie ma już siły chodzić. Większość czasu... 1944 ,
- The sixth year of the war is beginning. Who would have thought it... 1944-12 ,
- Rosjanie wkroczyli na tereny Polski. Janina czuje się wolna. Czeka... 1945-01 ,
- Janina dzień i noc czeka na ojca. Któregoś dnia przychodzi po nią... 1945-02-23 ,
- Eric takes Janina home - to Kalisz. Her hometown hasn't been devas... 1945 ,
- Eric is arrested. The reason isn't known. Janina is left without a... 1945 ,
- Janina is depressed. She can't handle school, she can't handle eve... 1945 ,
- An unknown man approaches Janina on the street. He tells her that... 1946 ,
- Janina looses step with life and reality. She lives like in a coma... 1946 ,
- ' My parents are dead. They died in a concenration camp or, betray... 1946 ,
- The whole convent is struck by an epidemic of' flu. The older girl... 1944-03 ,
- Janina is spending her summer holidays in a village called Crosswa... 1939 ,
- Mother and Father visit Janina on Sundays. Janina is happy about h... 1939 ,
- The ghetto gates were closed. During the last few weeks some 140,... 1940-10 ,
- Janina nie chciała myśleć o tym, że jej rodzice się boją, bo wtedy... 1940-10 ,
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- A new girl joins Janina's class - Yola. Janina becomes fascinated... 1942 ,
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- The food rations went down to about 20 grammes of black bread per... 1942 ,
- Not far from Janina's house a children's playground was open. Celi... 1942 ,
- On the playground Janina met other girls her age and together they... 1942 ,
- There was a lot of hawkers, beggers and children in the ghetto whi... 1942 ,
- W lutym 1941 roku odnotowano 1000 zgonów, w czerwcu 4000. W lipcu... 1941-01 ,
- In September the food rations were further reduced. Post offices w... 1941-09 ,
- Mrs. Kraut accuses Celia of stealing her food supplies. Of course... 1941 ,
- Janina and her 'school' friends were on their way to their lessons... 1941 ,
- Janina was particularly interested in geography. She wanted to kno... 1942 ,
- The cold was becoming unbearable. Even when the stove was red-hot,... 1942 ,
- Janina's father's health is deteriorating. He coughs and his breat... 1942 ,
- Coffee was the only thing for breakfast now. During the day Mark a... 1942 ,
- The Jews are to give away their furs. They are needed for the sold... 1942 ,
- After a few weeks of no news, Lydia appears at the Davids. She tel... 1942 ,
- Mark has pleurisy. He spends many hours in bed, accompanied by Jan... 1941 ,
- "Wszyscy na dół" - taki okrzyk obudził rodzinę Davidów.... 1942-09-04 ,
- Mark arranges the numbers for Celia's parents. Unfortunately a mis... 1942-09 ,
- During the spring Janina and her Mother often visited Aunt Lola -... 1941 ,
- In October the rumours of massacres in Vilno reached the ghetto bu... 1941-10 ,
- The David's life takes place mostly in one room. They cook there,... 1941 ,
- Mrs. Kraut, the Davids landlord began making difficulties over the... 1941 ,
- Mrs. Kraut's husband and her stepdaughter were being starved. Ther... 1941 ,
- The police whistles wake the ghetto. Everyone is to go to the cour... 1943-01-18 ,
- Pilnowali ich żołnierze Wehrmachtu, którzy w większości pamiętali... 1943-01-18 ,
- The 'action' was called off. The Davids emerge from their cellar a... 1943-01 ,
- Janina and Celia spend a sleepless night. 'Are you sure that you w... 1943-01 ,
- Jest jeszcze ciemno na dworze, kiedy Mark każe Janinie się zbierać... 1943-01 ,
- Eric znalazł dla Janiny klasztor, w którym może zamieszkać. U nieg... 1943-08 ,
- Janina powoli przyzwyczaja się do życia w zakonie, ale wie, że nig... 1943-08 ,
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- Janina uczy 9-letnią Bronię. Jest bardzo miłym i bystrym dzieckiem... 1943-12 ,
- Janina and the other children are hiding in the cellar. She is afr... 1944-08 ,
- The German who entered the convent was a catholic and Mother Super... 1944 ,
- Going through the ruined city was a terrible experience. The Germa... 1944 ,
- They can go where they want - that's what the Germans tell them. T... 1944 ,
- The village inhabitants greet them with enthusiasm. They give them... 1944 ,
- A few German engineers move into the rooms downstairs. The nuns sh... 1944 ,
- Once a month Mother Superior goes to visit Eric. She always brings... 1944 ,
- Podczas dni spędzonych po aryjskiej stronie Janina miała tylko jed... 1940-12 ,
- Pani Lydia regularnie odwiedza Davidów w getcie. Okazuje się, że j... 1941-01 ,
- With the coming of the spring, the overcrowding reached another re... 1941 ,
- Na ulicach sprzedawano żydowskie opaski. Różnorodność tego towaru... 1940-10 ,
- Janina and her Mother used to buy a baigel from time to time. But... 1941 ,
- Ostatniego dnia września ogłoszono, że poza granicami getta znajdz... 1941-09 ,
- Another selection takes place. This time 2000 policemen with thier... 1942-09-21 ,
- A couple spends the night at the Davids apartment. To their astoni... 1942-09-21 ,
- The Davids have to move again. Mark decided that they will move in... 1942-09 ,
- Mark still smuggles food into the ghetto. Thanks to this and the c... 1942-09 ,
- Janina gets some books she used to read a few years ago, when she... 1942 ,
- Mark obchodzi swoje 44 urodziny. Goście wznoszą za niego toast, ży... 1941-12-18 ,
- Sister Margaret suspects that Janina hasn't been baptised and that... 1943 ,
- Janina takes her First Communion. She prays fervently to God, she... 1944 ,
- The eastern front is advancing towards Warsaw. Every ight the bomb... 1944 ,
- The Warsaw uprising beggins. In the building, where the convent is... 1944-08-01 ,
- Janina's father helped his sister to obtain insulin for her son. I... 1942 ,
- Rozkazano stworzyć kolumnę, którą pokierowano w stronę Umschlagpla... 1943-01-18 ,
- Pan Beatus już nie ma siły dalej walczyć. Wpatruje się w bramy Ums... 1943-01-18 ,
- Nikt nie zauważył odwrotu Davidów - panowało zbyt wielkie zamiesza... 1943-01-18 ,
- Davidowie razem z paroma innymi rodzinami lokują się w mieszkaniu,... 1943-01-18 ,
- Janina ma depresję. Czuje, że nie jest warta tego całego poświęcen... 1944-01 ,
- Janina trafia do nowego klasztoru. Jest niezwykle zaskoczona, gdy... 1944-01 ,
- Mark telephones for the first time for Janina's thirteenth birthda... 1943 ,
- A new girl joins the group. The older girls make a scapegoat out o... 1943 ,
- Mrs. Lala visits Janina. She is a beautician and works for Eric. S... 1944 ,
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