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German occupation, he would go out to the city every day, bring-
ing news.
In late autumn of 1939, when there was no obligation yet to
wear the yellow star of David and it was already known that a sep-
arate residential district for Jews would be created, my Dad, return-
ing home, was accosted on the staircase by a German officer (he
took over the apartment of the Babads who one day disappeared
from the house. Were deported? Fled to the east? I never found
out. The German pointed to the high boots he was wearing and
told my Dad to shine them. When Dad refused, he was badly
beaten. He had a broken nose, multiple facial injuries, and general
injuries caused by kicks. Bloodied, not wanting to frighten my
Mom with his appearance, he crawled to the Kronenbergs’ who
dressed his wounds, washed the blood off his face, and cleaned his
clothes. Upon his return, Dad told Mom that we would not stay in
this house a moment longer.

Therefore, we moved to a new apartment at 9 Urzednicza St.
in a townhouse of the Baluty district, located within the ghetto un-
der organization. We took some of our belongings with us, which
a hired man transported on a hand-drawn two-wheeled cart, sev-
eral times covering the route between Nawrot and Urzednicza
streets.
Urzednicza St. (later Reiterstrasse) was soon to become the
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last, western part of the ghetto north of Limanowskiego St. (Alex-
anderhofstrasse). Strictly speaking, only its odd-numbered side, be-
cause the wire fences that were just being built along the line be-
tween the sidewalk and the road meant that the other side, together

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Some studies also give the name of Reitergasse.

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