Maria Kociubska, arrested in Warsaw on July 30, 1941, was detained in Pawiak and then in Ravensbrück. In 1943, she was imprisoned in the concentration camp in Majdanek and then in Auschwitz, where she fell ill with typhus. After returning to Ravensbrück in 1944, she died of exhaustion.
I am waiting for the letter. I am waiting for a letter, On a small piece of paper, Some strange sentences, In a hostile, censored language, Cautious answers, timid questions. Words that would comfort me, That's what I need, Would soothe the pain of longing And painful experiences. Day after day passes by, hopelessly gray, And Saturday afternoon without a change. I'm waiting for the letter, On a small piece of paper. Ravensbrück, 1941