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In the First Circle - Letters of a Man in Hiding

Summary/Abstract: These are letters of the Warsaw physician Dr Józef Jabłoński, who as a Jew was hiding during the occupation in a village in the Lublin region. There are 13 surviving texts, written between September and December 1942. Unlike most of the information that came from those hiding, these are astonishing in their descriptions of pleasant situations. Some sound as if Dr Jabłoński had gone on holiday in the countryside, visiting friends. Naturally, the question arises, to what degree the published letters reflect the actual situation. It is clear that certain kind of information could not be included in them. Nevertheless, for the author what he writes about seems to be rather true. How to explain that the author felt so good in hiding? Undoubtedly, he found himself among enlightened, good people. The statistical chance of finding such people by someone in need of hiding was nonetheless quite small. The commentary accompanying the publication analyzed elements of the social situation that in the case of Dr Jabłoński increased this chance.

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