Tag #152975 - Interview #78408 (Lidia Korotina)

I entered the Medical University and lived in the students’ hostel. My Dad and Mamma rented a room in the outskirts of the city. There were ten girls in the room where I lived. We were of different nationalities: Jewish, Korean, Lithuanian, a Jewish girl from Gomel. We all got along and there was no talk about national origin. We shared any food that we had. I received 200 grams of bread on my ration card and I ate it during classes. I also bought a kilo of grapes. After classes I went to my parents. My father worked at the Department of Justice. And my mamma loved farming. She helped their landlady in her vegetable garden and farmyard. When I came there they gave me lots of food. I ate all I could eat. My mother also gave me food to take back with me, but on my way back to the University I would finish all the food that was supposed to last for three days, because I knew what it was like to feel starved.