A CARD FROM THE CALENDAR - DANUTA KRZESZEWSKA
Stefan Carter was only 14 when his childhood ended irrevocably on the Umschlagplatz. He was locked in the Warsaw ghetto together with his parents. On 6 September 1942, he was summoned to the Umschlagplatz together with his mother. “I’m exhausted, the dysentery is killing me” – said Janina Carter. “Please, mom, you’ll make it. I’ll try to bring you glucose ampules, they’ll help you” – Stefan tried to fortify his mother’s psychic state. On that day, Janina put on her best dress, applied red lipstick, and took the glucose. This was all for naught: Janina was assigned to be transported, while Stefan was told to return to work. Despite being young and strong, the loss of his mother left him bereft of the will to live. He was devastated. He was shaken out of his apathy by a cousin, Tadzik Rosenhauch, who took him out of the ghetto almost by force and put him up in Danuta Krzeszewska’s house. Stefan survived, but never saw his parents again.
