| Editor's Notes: Kraus divides the village into a Polish quarter and a Jewish Ghetto, but she almost certainly did not intend the negative connotations of Ghetto that modern readers will bring to the text. In other words, her intention is better stated: “There was a Polish quarter and our Jewish quarter.” Streets without sidewalks... muddy: this was a common condition in the region's shtetlech. This material is from Original Page 1. |