Another letter thrown from a deportation train reinforces the possible scenario gleaned from Gitla's letter. It had been written a day earlier, on December 16, 1942, and it refers to Płońsk explicitly. The Bamóws—the intended addresses of the anonymous author—lived on 6 Niska Street, one of the prominent streets in the Warsaw ghetto. The note was thus probably thrown off the train in Warsaw, the day before Gitla wrote hers in Częstochowa.
[front]
Address of Receiver [blank]
Address [blank]
Please put this card
into the nearest mailbox
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Płońsk 16.XII.42
It is morning. We are inside a railcar with the whole family. We left with the last departure. Płońsk has been cleared.
Please go to the [home] of the Bamóws on 6 Niska Street and give them our regards
[illegible signature]
| Source (Credit) |
Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
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| RG Number | 15.079M |
| Date Created |
December 16, 1942
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| Author / Creator |
Anonymous
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| Language(s) |
Polish
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| Location |
Plonsk, Poland
Płońsk, Poland
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| Document Type | Letter |
| Description | Letter written on December 16, 1942 by an unknown sender from the train station of Płońsk to an unknown recipient in the Warsaw ghetto. |