It turns out to be number 26... And we could make an appointment for later that week.
We spoke Miss Bozena Nejman (and with the dogs!) about our "Baluty-Baluty"-project and she was quite sure her daughter should like to participate...
During our vistit I my eye was attracted by a small painting hanging on the wall. It was a portrait of an Jewish man, so I asked: What and Why?
She told us that somebody gave it to her. And having a Jewish portrait on the wall means happiness and prosperity...
She also told us that the apartment she lives in, so in the very place we were sitting at that moment, Ruth Eldar had lived. She was one of the people they managed to trace. Ruth Eldar was - and still is! - a Jewish lady living in Israel nowadays. As far as I understood she lived in the flat before Baluty became Litzmannstadt-Getto. This old part of Baluty was already a very wellknown Jewish quarter for many many years.
Ruth Eldar managed to survive the war as the only member of her family. She wrote her auto biography/memories down, a book which I didn't manage to trace yet. It seems to be untraceable on internet... Ruth Eldar is visiting Lodz now and then.
Also Miss Bozena Nejman and her daughter Kasia we are going to visit soon. As I said, probably tomorrow?
We keep you informed!
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