The letter of January 22, 1944
On January 20, 1944, Polish women were summoned to the camp authorities, which announced that they would report voluntarily to the brothel for German soldiers. One, who agreed (a prostitute), we greeted with screams and whistles and left the area. One of us, who told the camp commander, “We are political prisoners, and we ask that in the future not to be made such offers to us,” was immediately arrested. Further, as a punishment, parcels of all prisoners from our block were confiscated for two weeks, and we did not get lunch for three days. Moreover, the camp authorities took all the food from previous parcels sent to the prisoners of our block.
The camp authorities issued many new rules aimed at punishing us. Four prisoners from our block have been removed from the group working outside the camp. Besides, no one from other camp areas is allowed to visit us. At present, the head of our barrack is a German woman – a snitch – relations have changed very much to the detriment.
Incredibly, Joanna walks almost as usual after German doctors have butchered her leg. However, Helena Piasecka had a broken left leg after trying to walk – the last surgery damaged her bone so much that it could not bear the weight of her body.