Chapter 9 Flashcards
for a year during the last part of the war they stayed with a
babcia - a poor polish grandmom ; beggar woman, barn housed a pig, they lived in loft. If she had extra food she would throw it up
describe babcia
was religious and thought she was saving our souls. by saving them would give her good graces to get into heaven
who was babcia afraid would tell they were there
babcia’s sister
what languages did sara’s son speak at this time
polish and white russian
describe babcia’s place
small hut with sand and dirt floor, birck or clay oven called a pripetchik
describe a pripetchik
cook or keep food like bread warm, lower half flames, top half warm food, he would sometimes lay there to get warm; mother couldn’t fit there
under babcia’s bed there was a
potato hole - he could stand in there, mother could not; they would both hide in there if the germans were around as it was safer than the loft
how tall was sara
5’3”
during day they
slept in warm hay of loft
sara did what to keep son occupoed
taught him to knit; used sticks as needles; got yarm from the bottom unraveling of her dress
after the soviets won the war the son would
sit knitting by the side of the road as the soviets threw food
they would go out
at nighttime
and would sometimes eat
grass
