Tag #107751 - Interview #101359 (Helena Najberg)

We were quite well off. Father had a decent salary for those times and he’d get packages from work for all the more important holidays. Because the Cytryns [the owners of the dyeing and finishing plant] were family to us, as I said. But when the summer holidays came around, Father had to borrow money on a bill of exchange. He’d borrow it and later return it. Even though he had a decent salary, supporting a family of 4 cost a lot, the rent, light, so there wasn’t enough [money] for everything.