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Rut's Diary
Barbara Engelking
bengelki@ifispan.edu.pl Author Biographypsychologist and professor of social sciences; at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences she heads the Center for Research on the Holocaust. Author of several books and numerous articles in Polish and international journals, as well as an editor of source publications. Co‑editor and co‑author of Night Without End: The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland (co‑editor Jan Grabowski, 2018) and Here One Sees and Here One Hears: Witnesses to the Holocaust in Occupied Poland (co‑editors Jacek Leociak, Dariusz Libionka, and Alina Skibińska, 2024).
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8361-4427
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. 21 (2025), Pages: 216-224
Submission Date: 2025-07-11Publication Date: 2025-12-27
https://doi.org/10.32927/zzsim.1125
Abstract
Rut’s diary is a moving, handwritten account by a Jewish teacher from Warsaw, covering the period from July 1942 to July 1944. Rut describes life in the Warsaw ghetto, the dramatic conditions of everyday existence, deportations, hiding from roundups, and the death of loved ones. After escaping to the Aryan side with her seriously ill husband, she experiences further difficulties, mistrust and threats from blackmailers, as well as problems with finding shelter. After her husband’s death, Rut hides alone for two years, living in constant fear and isolation. Her testimony is an important historical document, showing the fate of Warsaw Jews during the Holocaust and the psychological consequences of prolonged hiding.
Keywords
Warsaw ghetto , Holocaust , deportation , Aryan side
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