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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 8/30/2026 8:14 PM
Family Surname: Mowszowski, Schneider
Country: Poland
Town: Bialystok
Date of Image: 1947

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This is a PART 4 of a letter that was sent from a woman in Bialystok - possibly a non-Jew who formerly worked for her family - to Fania, a relative of mine who escaped during the war. I have also uploaded the other parts. I'm researching the Bialystok branch of my family and would love to find out what it says.

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8/31/2026 3:12 PM

Мама плакала. Ах, как нам жилось! Говорит, когда наша Фаня была — Оля нам бывало спечёт, сварит и принесёт. А папа говорит: «Оля, нет моего ребёнка, не надо мне жить, уже я прожил своё». Я на руках, как ребёнка, принесла на кровать, и Геня там ночевала. А больше я ничего не знаю про них. За Немца я не была в Белостоке.
А теперь от Белостока остались только одни грузы. Народ живёт какой то надеждой на будущее и на лучшее. Я прочитала Ваше письмо Эстеры — она обрадовалась тоже и говорила, что что то напишет, но что то не пришла. То я отправляю письмо.
А про Хаю Вы говорите… Я спрашиваю, то я забыла, как Циля, младшая сестра пана Мовшовского, называется. Мне казалось, что Хана… Почему Валя (Саля) осталась в живых и чудом и так далеко одна живёт? Всем напишите от меня.
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Mom was crying. Oh, how we used to live! She says that when our Fanya was around, Olya would bake for us, cook for us, and bring us things. And Dad would say: “Olya, my child is gone, I don’t need to live anymore, I’ve already lived my life.” I carried her to the bed in my arms, like a child, and Genya spent the night there. And I don’t know anything else about them. I wasn’t with the Germans in Białystok. And now all that’s left of Białystok are just cargo containers. The people live with some kind of hope for the future and for something better. I read your letter to Esther — she was also glad and said she would write something, but she didn’t come. So I’m sending the letter. And you’re talking about Haya… I’m asking because I’ve forgotten what Zilya, the younger sister of Mr. Movshovsky, is called. I thought it was Hana… Why did Valya (Salyah) survive and, by some miracle, live alone so far away? Write to everyone on my behalf.
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