This is originally written in French, and as far as I know, not translated before, it is a very special story.

! APOLOGIES FOR MY (AND MICROSOFT’S) TRANSLATING SKILLS !

 

When, at the end of 1938, and in early 1939, there were concerns about the maintenance of peace in France, a place of refuge was proposed for the House of Shelter, in Cabourg.
A little later, this place became unavailable, and no other was proposed, it was admitted that our refuge, in case of war, would follow the fate of the communal schools of Neuilly.
The competent authorities were notified.

At the beginning of August 1939
The situation is tense; Relations with the municipality of Neuilly and the Direction of the education of the Seine are becoming more and more narrow.
In Neuilly, not without penalty, we get ID’s for all the staff and the french residents , the foreignness are excluded; For these last, we make some ID according to the indications of the public services.
A we start to make covert plans which takes place in the courtyard on 26 Aug.
We prepare large canvas bags containing the necessary linen for two , only hand baggage permitted; The ensemble is piled up in the parlor, as well as the start of a of pharmacy and kitchen equipment.
On 28 Aug
The departure of the children from the schools is planned. We sew a label with his name in each coat.
A meeting of heads of communal and private schools, chaired by a primary inspector of the Directorate of Education, is set at 29 Aug, for 17 hours, to give the final instructions.
We will not regret this decision, further information having learned that the children of the schools, housed in the Vendömoise region, have been under deplorable conditions.
Immediately after the meeting, the Committee and the management are looking for a place to evacuate to , including Consultancy Of the priory and of OSE Talks do not succeed, especially with Madame Gamzon.
On 30 Aug
By chance, Mrs. Aron questions Mr. Edmond Bernheim of the estate agents Bernheim Brothers & Sons; The latter, after a few moments, reports a place å Crocq, which it is responsible for selling or renting.
The owner, Mr de Barasa, had previously been in contact with Mr. Leven, for working holidays of the Israelite Alliance, but the talks did not succeed, L’Authority Prefectural had refused.
Mr de Barasa, who was approached by Mr Bernheim, agreed in principle to receive the Refuge.
Without waiting authorization of the Prefectural, Mr. Aron leaves the same evening to visit the property, and see if it suits.
The day, back at the Refuge, is ongoing to prepare the luggage, much more important, necessities by a departure of this kind: linen of any kind, fabrics, material, books, infirmary.
It is planned for the departure itself: the Direction of the Southwest network, keeper of the timetables, of the trains before the mobilization, advises to leave without delay ; Secondly, military auhorities are giving priority to military transport, complicating any civilian travel.
On 31 Aug
In Neuilly, we continue the preparations.
We prepare the application for a collective ticket and wagons, for the 1st September.
We work furiuosly at the luggage and there a multiple phone calls from members of the committee to relatives, and friends
Parents are advised of the probable departure.
Ms. Kohn, vice-President of the Committee, acting in the Ministry of the Interior by Mr. Durafour, obtained the authorization of the prefect of the Creuse (without knowing whether the area was appropriate).
M. Aron, arriving å Létrade å 8 h, is at Crocq 9:30 a.m.; I ‘ Agent responsible for the viewings is mobilized and leaves. The keeper of Mr. De Barasa’s Chåteau, in good faith and humour, do the honors and give all information.
The House , abandoned for three years, is possible, but needs serious rehabilitation Given the urgency, and the good weather , the Refuge will fit; We’ll be a little tight.
The town of Crocq, capital of the Canton, seems to offer the all the necessary resources; Water, excellent quality , abounds; The area looks superb and healthy.
Without knowing if L’Authorization Prefectural is granted, Mr. Aron sees the tradesmen interested in the most urgent reclamations… overhaul of the kitchen stove very dilapidated, installation key washbasins completely non existent, re-conditioning of the WC., opening of damaged doors and windows, Relocation of Water and electricity. Each of these artisans will be held on hold , in case of a quick arrival.
The delivery of sleeping straw, key basic provisions , is ordered for transport from Létrade to Crocq station by the service dCoach. At 3:00 a.m., Mr. Aron leaves Crocq, is back in Neuilly at night.

The 1September
The mobilisation General is announced, for September 2 midnight… After the return of Mr. Aron, the final orders of departure are given for the evening Even, last day of direct travel allowed by the government. WeEndsBaggage, which a moving company comes to remove the bags
Mr. Aron leads them to Austerlitz station, He withdrew the collective ticket for 107 persons; The baggage service, panicked by the 103 parcels and the 2800 kilos, gave a wagon that, by the engine that we will load Ourselves at the Bercy railway station.
Last make-do meal, most of the ingredients being gone.
That Afternoon, staff fom the Parlour, summoned exceptionally… emotion, tears…
Then general meeting for Departure: We formed small groups, the small ones being entrusted to the large, recommendations…
Staff members, some of whom are on vacation, have generally joined their posts; Mrs. Dufour, Range, will join Crocq; Mrs. Germain, professor of Haute Couture, follows us with her Sister and his daughter; Madame Grauer, teacher, comes with her daughter.
On the other hand, Mr. and Mrs. Pradel; Although specially returned from their vacation, do not decide to come , rather stay at Neuilly to keep the house (as there is no room), nor to accompany the Refuge ä Crocq; At the time of departure, it seems to me that Mr. Pradel will join us, that Mrs. Pradel will wait at home for our return.
It’s Friday: The big go, for the last Time, a moving Service to the synagogue of Neuilly; Their return is Early, because the blackout lighting is that of war, dangerous in the house as well as in the streets; And we have to leave early.
At 6:00 p.m., all get in line… we do not not have luggage, but each one has its treasure… doll, book, Bag… and then the last few cases almost forgotten…
We are looking for taxis for these cases: Impossible to find one!

And at 6:30 p.m., 107 people crossed the grid of Boulevard de la Saussaye…
The evacuation of the Refuge has begun!
The Refuge will become a Refugee!
The building will be guarded by Mr. Weyl (indicated by Ms. Kohn), who will move in next day with his family.

The 1ER September (cont’d)
The Refuge is evacuated…
Along the Boulevard de la Saussaye, in darkness , a long line, painfully carrying heavy packets, wandering painfully; The small ones are afraid, the big ones pretend To be Courageous…
To the Metro… Our assistant, Miss Meyer, tireless, purchased a collective ticket; We get in the metro, and reach the station, It is a painful process, Although the station manager facilitates it by taking us through his office.
In a second car, we are crushed terribly…
We arrive at Austerlitz, and, in the immense crowd, descend the staircase which we Leads The entrance to the station; It’s 8:45, the train has to leave at 10:50.
In an unspeakable crowd, channeled by the police and the guards, our column jams and stops in a subway corridor leading to the inside of the station. Mr. Aron escapes, makes at his disposal a police officer, it takes more than half an hour to find out where is the train, then to join the children.
By a non-public staircase, we can reach the platforms.
The crowd is increasing: Atmosphere of panic. ‘ The tannoy speakers are full of instructions… “The young X… is lost “
Our little ones are clinging onto the big ones.. “Do not lose me”, especially teachers, half an hour again, and we arrive at the end of platform 3, and we collapse on the baggage that the Germain family helped us to pack.
The train is not at the platform , It’s 10:00
Small comfort, fortunately, it’s nice and warm.
The tannoy speakers continue to bellow . lost children do not circulate on the tracks.. Be careful. .. announcement of delayed trains..
Around midnight, the train arrives at the platform: a crowded wharf; There is a rush to already reserved compartments.
By a chance incredible, the two cars in front are completely outside of the station platform and remain near empty ,Children can all find places, both in 3rd and 2nd, and 1st class bunks…
The train was filled with cracking, full flooding of everything. At about 2:30, we finally departed off: the Refuge and its fate left Paris!
Not! After a few hours, we see only one bag and not two suitcases which contains all official children’s papers, birth certificates, passports, identity cards…) It Stayed on the platform!
On 2 September
The train rolls through the night; In the compartments, we sleep more or less… some are sick… In the corridors , which are getting more crowded each Stop, There’s Hardly rome to move.
We learn that the train that follows us has crashed, : a lot of victims, especially children.
We have to get to Létrade At 8:15 a.m.; About 12.30 the train arrives: Fast and well-organised unloading of the contents of wagons, people and packages…
We get out of the station Létrade, which serves Crocq, distant from 12 kilometres.
No bus… The mobilization and the requisition of war took all the drivers and cars.
The weather is superb: we sit on the edge of the Sunny Road; We get out bags with snacks, It’s Sufficient (although a part is in the forgotton cases Forgotten on the quay of Paris); We’re having lunch. A nearby café provides a hot drink.
Meanwhile, the station chief and Mr. Aron alert the Gendarmerie and the town hall of Crocq, who call upon all good men to to come to us We are telegraphing to the station chief of Paris Austerlitz So that he would try to find, and send us back the precious forgotten parcels.
Around 2 o’clock, a long procession of all kinds, weird cars,, delivery cars, pickup trucks, led by the notary General Marlin, comes to make the journey for us; Some of these cars will make two or three journeys To bring all and everything.
All do it voluntarily, none accept any payment.
And our cars drive us to Crocq, inside the estate of the barns.
It is 3 am
We’re arriving home!
CROCQ (pronounce Crö), Elevation 700-768 metres ; On the late, small tributary of the Creuse; Capital of the Canton of the district of Aubusson; 800 inhabitants in normal times, including nearby hamlets.
Inhabitants: the Crocquants (name given by us, at least). Not Right ! The Absolutely official name, and the origin of the word crunchy
Crocq has as its main importance its Role Of main town , as it is neither on the railroad (served by the stations of Létrade, Line of Montluqon Ä Eygurande, and de Felletin, line of the Moutier D’Ahun ä Ussel, ä 15 km), or on a national road (nearest, NO. 141 from Limoges to Clermont, passes to 6 km away).
As it’s monuments, there is a Castle, at the highest point, of which there are only two towers in ruins; A Mansion Rather modern, without and special architectural style, belonging to the Cornudet family (current owner, M. de Barasa, son-in-law of Count Cornudet, former senator) on which a chapel without architectural style is dependent; An imposing house.
Apart from the obligatory housing of a main town , (gendarmerie, officials, justice of the Peace, notary) It is quiet well stocked with trademen, including 3 grocers, 3 ironmongers, 3 butchers, 3 bakers, 2 hairdressers, 2 doctors, 1 pharmacist;
The communal school comprises 3 classes and has a school canteen.
It is a Poor commune: a rabbit fur factory, and farm , with a sawmill attached to the farms, mostly belonging to the Cornudet family; Herds of cows, basic and no culture

Region Very Picturesque, Very Hhilly at the end of the Millevaches Plateau. Roads Very Sinuous, constantly sloping.
Abundant water, although the tablecloths dry up in hot summers; Small but large wood; Brush (bramble, Genet, Ferns…) ; Few wild animals.
Market on Saturday (Eggs, butter, country cheeses, poultry); Fair once a month, a little more than the market though , with Oxen, pigs, laundry stalls, Pastry Coming from surrounding areas.
Daily coach Service for Aubusson, and Létrade, Felletin.
The property of the barns, belonging to the Cornudet family, is at the southeast exit of Crocq; The domain, between the Edge South of the Bourg, the road of the court-house and that of the Naberon, includes the farm-school where we will live, a farm and its dependencies, adjoining, and another large home; A private path crosses it; A Spinney Very overgrown on the Court Road.
The farm-school was built around 1910 to serve as a practical school of Agriculture Interdepartmental, with about fifty Students ; It has only been used for a few years, with the region not having the necessary opportunities; Later she was rented some time by Dr. Beaufort, who made it a home of climatic cure – a sanitarium
In 1939, she had been abandoned for more than three years.
It’s a great Building Rectangular on a floor with attic covering the entire surface; Partial cellars, unusable because they flood frequently.
Inn front, up to the private road, an old fallow garden; Beyond, the Spinney; to the right, the farm, separated by a grassy courtyard; On the left a narrow strip of land separates from the road of the Naberon, Slightly below; Behind, The Barn And a meadow, separated by the access path.

Orientation North/North West, South/Southeast; Most dormitories facing West/southwest.
On the front facing , main entrance in the middle, Slightly Raised; Entrance to the “direction” is at the extreme Left; Behind there is a Kitchen door to the Extreme Right. 15 Windows Each floor, front and Behind ; 2 on the Sides, except Side Kitchen.
Some climbing roses, lost in the hedges.
Barriers Very Separating from the farm.
The house, our arrival…
The large entrance door, with a broken and rusted ocks, which , cannot Be Opened; We’ll have to force it .
Inside, general humidity, Rubble that’s fallen from the ceilings, woodwork that come loose.
Ground floor
A large corridor goes from the principal’s lodging, to the left, to the office, to the right; Under three Windows, closets closed.
Icy corridor, dreadful draught trap.
Overlooking this corridor, from the left ..
Director’s apartment: Living room with fireplace, 4 chairs, sofa, large cupboard (will become general storage); This lounge looks out over the…
Director’s Office, Double aspect to 2 Windows, with wall lockers, desk, radiator, chimney; (will remain office or bedroom at Bedtime of management).
The Office gives on…
Tiled dining room, Double aspect on theBack With cupboard, fireplace, Stove, Radiator (will become classroom, study).
A small hallway , towards…
Kitchen with sink and chimney (will become the bathroom of the direction, it’s small) and…
Hallway Giving access to a small cellar, the Boiler Central heating, a WC, the service staircase of the Direction and carries on to the Grand corridor.
The grand corridor is two Parts in depth, the First Without Window, the second on the back With Radiator and leading to a small corridor (will become rooms of the children, then dormitory and playroom of the small ones).
A black cabinet, with lockers and 2 doors overlooking 2 staff rooms each with Radiator, Toilet table with running water, convenient ( We’ll use the black cabinet for the children’s papers, the Chambers, one to Mrs Grauer and to her daughter, the other to the Dupont family)
A Very Great Room With 2 Windows, wall lockers, cupboard, Stove (Will serve as a workshop-laundery)
The grand staircase, in front of the main gate
The manager’s bathroom without any sanitary ware , (We’lll get a sink); A cellar entrance.
A small room with two large cupboards making all the length, giving by a skylight on the bathroom (will become laundery)
A huge refectory, with 3 Windows, with 4 tables and 8 benches, lockers on one of the walls, paved
A dip for dishes, with a tray, a shelf overlooking a small hallway between the refectory and the kitchen; In front, an Office with table (will become food larder)
. Another office, with large cupboard, , opens on the kitchen; This one, with opening on the Back and adjoining Bell, has a fire in dismal condition, great table
At the end of the grand corridor, a small sink location, but gone, and two toilets.
The corridor is cemented all its length, and has two 2 doors, one before the laundery, the other before the last office. Electric meter is at the front door.
1First floor
Climbing the Grand staircase…
Left, hallway on the front, serving
5 Large dorms, 1 to 5
— and a Sixth which is cut in half; The First, with Window On the right side of the house, will first serve as the Chamber of the largest children , then of classroom; The second, at the bottom, overlooking the Back With chimney, convenient, will belong to the Supervisor.
Down the hall, two toilets.
Right å, large door closing the suite of the grand staircase, rising to the attic
Room closing the hallway, with ice cupboard (for The House Supervisor)
Entrance of a small corridor going to join TheStaircase of the direction… in this hallway…
To the right, 4 Parts On the Backlog ; The First communicates with a Room Located Behind The Grand Staircase (Soon occupied by the Students Over 18 years of age); The 1st, 2nd, 4th Parts will become dorms 6 to 8; The third will be Miss Dupont’s drawing class, and will serve as a study
Left, 4 Parts, on the front, will serve as staff chambers (Ms. Minc, Jardiniére of children Mr. Ménaché, a man of Sorrow Miss Hirtz, supervisor Mrs. Germain, her sister and his daughter).
On the staircase level of the direction:
Right, room on L’Back (Ms. Dufour and Miss Melloul, supervisor).
After The staircase, right, Room With toilet (Miss Van Danzig, Nurse).
Basically, two Parts Angle, each 2 Windows, that of Back With chimney sink, old bedrooms at the direction (serve, the First, Infirmary annex, the other of the main infirmary)
— to the left, Room With Chimney (infirmary) commanding a small Room With large cupboards, former laundry of the direction (becomes care Room).
Second Floor Attic
Exposed beams, vast, Very Ventilated by three Windows of each Side, divided into several parts.
It will be OK except by the greatest colds, to extend the linen to dry; One or two small places are reserved for packaging or reserves.
In the attic, a few deteriorated chairs, some forty beds, some bed woods, 22 mattresses, some Stoves; Wood and scrap, screens…
There is no glass in the Windows.

September 2 (cont’d)
11 to 3 am… We’re coming home!
In the night we go to the barns of other people, as recommended to us: Dozens of inhabitants of Crocq are waiting for us or running, some with two blankets, a mattress , some with a tin or biscuits… a butcher brings ten kilos of Beef, a grocer some fresh vegetables, another ten liters of wine…
Mrs Ogboyi, Wife of the pharmacist, Mrs. Dumas, Hotel and a Third Lady come to advise us that we do not have to worry about our dinner: they will do it, at the school canteen, where we also find the bread.
And Mr. Hubert, mayor, comes to tell us his sorrow of having not been warned more early, to prepare for our arrival.
Mr. Marlin, Après Having completed his travels between the station and the barns, comes back with a car full of blankets.
Our children are frightened; All the staff have tears in the eyes of this unimaginable welcome.
While the children rest on the grass, it is essential to be able to sleep at night in the house: This is, for now, our only ambition.
The Keeper of the Castle, who will not leave us anting for several days, gives all information, opens the big entrance door, helps to lugging benches, tables, mattresses and beds
The artisans, alerted urgently, do the first works, although deprived of most of their materials by the requisition and mobilization of war
: Mr. Dubois, plumber-Locksmith-carpenter-standpipe caretaker (etc.!) repairs a few pipes and opens a part of the water (there are two pipes, one of the city, the other of the area); He begins to repair the kitchen stove, unusable; He opens some doors or sticky Windows
The electrician starts to check the installation, very complicated (there are three sectors).
The toilet. is in a position to operate

First purchase: Brooms, and the most courageous girls make a quick cleaning of floors.
The farm provides us with straw bales, distributed between the first 5 dorms, and vividly spread out (or not spread out!); From the attic, donations from the locals, personal baggage, some blankets are thrown on this straw… We’re too tired to do more.
At the end of the Afternoon, we go, in two’s sittings , for lack of space, to the school canteen: The three ladies, Miss Goumy, principal of the school, and her teachers are there, preparing dinner and cover; An excellent soup, a vegetable, a fruit, all offered in the canteen’s material, augmented by Ready Of Central Hotel. Meals in common, of course.
Some big children wash the dishes, and at 7 am, the whole Refuge cames home, and goes to bed… Mr. Aron is at his Third Night of travel, all the staff has been on their feet for four days, the children standing since the previous day at 6:30…
Straw and mattresses seem soft.
And then we are quiet for the time being : The school canteen is left at our disposal until our kitchen is sufficient to allow us to cook at home.
Arriving at Crocq, we find several families of our Students Already Arrivals: Mrs Melloul, the Sirback, the The Makalia ; The latter issue the claim that we should host them. We strongly refuse to do so, and will not have to regret it.
On 3 September
While enjoying the canteen, we make our meals ourselves : Miss Lachéze is a great cook; Meals continue to be done in two sets, which shifts the hours a lot.
In the morning, you have to look for the milk (20 litres) at Naberon, 2 km; We Buy jugs; Mr. Marlin went by car to talk with the farmers and bring back the milk.
We work at home: cleaning tables; Preparation of blue paint for Windows or lamps, in anticipation of very unlikely blackout alerts
. A phone call from the station announces The arrival of the Baggage wagon. How do we get there ??
A coal merchant is ready A dilapidated truck, which escaped the requisition; The Grouffaud Grocer Is offered to drive it.
The Doors do not close: From the start, a window breaks in the hand of the driver, which has the end of the finger cut off, and a small artery of the affected arm; Back to Dr. Robin, who makes a torniquet (and gives a little brilliant idea of his qualities); Then Mr. Grouffaud was keen to get back on the wheel. We’re going to Létrade.
The 102 parcels, arrived at Crocq, are happily unloaded, put in the workshop; We’ll unpack them tonight, we can start changing clothes! And each of them will have at least one blanket.
As Crocq on a Sunday, the workers don’t work at home.
Little walk in town, and early bedtime: we’re still tired.
In the city, one is in full requisition of the horses; It’s going to be three days.
On 4 September
The workers return; The boiler is working .
We’re giving the electrical power. We work on pipes, clogged or pierced, to give us the second source of water.
By the mayor, we have two women from the country who will wash our laundry at the Wash house (25 F per working day for each, 4 times per week); Buying a laundry machine.
Two inhabitants of the village, who have nothing to offer us, give, one hundred francs, the other 100 francs.
Amid the general hilarity, we see arriving, in an old harp, drowned in their luggage, Mrs. Hélène, M. Frédéric and Mao
. Mrs Héléne Could not bear to abandon her husband “who was decided to come.
The beginning, hanging: They are not willing to take their meals at the children’s table, to have Zoutleeuw As a drink. Since the beginning of this exercise , Mr. Frédéric has been in a state of unbelievable nervousness and depression.

On 5 September
The furnace is in working order; We Buy Coal, we’re looking for wood to collect around, random walks.
We ask Mrs. Melloul D’Help with the preparation of meals.
Mr. Lubois investigates the installation of the lavatory: in a shed on the farm, there is a tray that served in an old sink, but it is too long for the Room We want to put it, bit it is not possible ; We’ll make the necessary adjustments. Another is reported at the factory, but despite our efforts, it is impossible to have it.
We will have to make a second one, because the old will not suffice.
In the meantime, the whole Refuge uses the two taps of the two kitchens, and the two toilets of The infirmary !!
We start Grocery shopping, without difficulties: some choices, and acceptable prices.
We have to get milk on foot: tiring and inconvenient.
On 6 September
Arrival, in their carriage, of the Dupont family: Sir, Madame, Mademoiselle and the rest of the entourage , with their luggage.
Our two cars are parked in the Castle
. The Pradel allows, After Purchase of special pots , to fetch the milk.
We rent a Butagaz furnace to complete the kitchen installation: To start, it serves for breakfast, which we take to the barns in the form of a succulent chocolate. We continue to lunch in the canteen, and the stove is only lit at 4 am for dinner, also taken at home.
The Pradel Walking Bottle of wine, deviate to the table, scandalized to have the Granny The children (and the directors).
Swarm of mice: Purchase of rat poison; With Mao the Damage will be limited to some papers gnawed…
The Sewing Workshop is installed, under the direction of Mrs. Germain, assisted by Miss Lachöze ; Germaine Ménaché take care of the laundery.

On 7 September
The workshop begins to make benches, with two sewn bags and sleeping bags with old bed sheets; The distribution will be made, by full dormitory, as and when they are finished. This forces us to increase the number of dorms, raised from five to seven, then eigh
In the afternoon we ensure The sewing and we make pink aprons that will replace the blacks of yesteryear.
Mr. Frédéric no longer sleeps, no longer eats; He goes, on the order of the management, to see Dr. Robin who finds him only nervous and agitated!
On 8 September
New incident with the Pradel, who do not want to take their meals in the evening at the same time as the children: this time, it is Mr. Frédéric who decides to retire to his family; Mrs Héléne Following him, saying that she will return Soon ; And a departure that is a real loss… Do not have the necessary resources.
Arrival of Mrs. Dufour, who takes possession of her boiler.
On 9 September
Mr. Carrazé, driver of the car who took over the service of Létrade, announces the return of the forgotten bags and suitcases on the quay of Paris, and found by the station chief. The direction issues an “phew” of relief by receiving the identity papers of each.
On 10 September
Mrs Melloul is hosted in the House, where She’ll help Mrs. Dufour in the kitchen.
On 11 September
Market Day , .. It disappoints Our Parisian nature , wanting more variety but we appreciate a Pastry Of Aubusson, who will make our supplier at every fair.
The search for tables and benches, which will make it possible to’ have one dinner sitting : in a part of a house , we find two large tables and two benches which, seriously cleaned, will serve; The MeHarm Souchard also Sells us, for 150 francs a Very Large table and its two benches, which were used for a barber shop.
With this, we have enough so that all can take the meals together; The missing benches are temporarily replaced by planks on two chairs, boards found in the attic or cut from the old doors.
The laundry works Our satisfaction: The two women wash, the husband of one of them brings the bales of lingery gets paid and goes to drink some of the money.
On 12 September
11 agreed that Mr. Dupont, a wood sculptor, is responsible for the carpentry of the house; Ms. DuPont takes care of the refuelling and shopping in town Miss DuPont, her drawing classes and the milk service; She is the “chauffeur” of the house.
With Mrs Grauer, we seek in vain the symbolic fish, the honey of Rosh-Hashana… A small apple is finally found, and the jam will replace the honey!!
The installation of the sinks advances Very Slowly, the plumber is never free and lacking material.
On 13 September
Rosh-Hashana… The religious service is done, as every Friday, in the workshop draped in white, adorned with flowers; It is mainly Mrs Grauer who reads the Prayers ; The Choirs sing as if in Neuilly, with more’Emotion Maybe.
We abandon the school canteen, to Be completely at home.
On 14 September –
Every child Receives A gift (toy, pencil, adornment)… exchange of games, cards.
Lovely breakfast, with sweet cider from the farm.
After Morning service, walks.
On 15 September
In order to organize the re-entry to schools , Mrs Aron is going to see miss Goutny, the situation is desperate, Two masters out of four being obilised for war. With our Proposed contribution of 40 children would require an additional class; And the place is missing.
. We are considering the possibilities, so that our daughters are not reduced to our only means of home schooling them
Ms Grauer is thus mobilised to take up on her certificate of teaching: She prepares her file, which is sent to Guéret; She would take care of the class of the certificate of study.
As a local, we offer a barn room; This will not be possible, because of the responsibility of Miss Goumy who could not monitor it properly. Thereafter, the SCO canteen will be removed and that area that will become additional class.
On 16 September
By the thoughtlessness of one of the girls, which upturns the drawer of the sewing machine , an essential component is lost… This Stops the manufacture of benches and sleeping bags; We do, by hand, aprons and repairs.
The blue lamps illuminate too little, we make opaque curtains in fabric.
Purchase of large baskets, to bring back the foodstuffs bought in the city (bread, vegetables, fruit, meat, grocery…). Small things, but we will collect the bulk of these foodstuffs; By the autumn season, these thoughts are appreciated.
On 17 September
The journeys out continue in the vicinity, in several groups headed by one of the professors, one of the supervisors, or one of the directors.
The sink is still at the talking stage! The bottom found in the farm will be cut and put against the wall; Another will be done for the middle of the Room : This will allow the simultaneous use of the washing facilities of 25 children… but when???
The heating for winter is also under study: there is a central heating, with Boiler Poor heat distribution through a network of pipes : it must heat the house as well as the rooms of the small ones, and those of the Dupont and Mrs Grauer; there are no specialist boiler specialists; We try, without success, to buy the pars from AUbusson and Clermont-Ferrand.

In various rooms there are Stoves, including lingerie; We put one, found in the attic, in the refectory. The infirmary Receives the others.
On 18 September
First trip to Aubusson, by bus, by Mr. Aron and Mrs. Germain.
Purchase of fabric for Windows, class and drawing material.
We try in vain to find the part Of the singer sewing machine: it will have to be ordered in Paris, which would prolong the breakdown.
On 19 September
Outing – Groups go to the imposing chateau
On 20 September
Farmers beating wheat and oats, Some Take advantage of it to fill benches of oat ball: it seems more fluffy, but it is heavy.
Others of the children help the peasants with the grubbing up of potatoes, to keep cows and sheep: we will continue to the extent of our possibilities.
We start buying galoshes, in preparation for winter.
On 21 September
General release the Afternoon.
On 22 September
The talks in view of the entrance to the school seeming without a sequel, we take a step in the prefecture.
Night of Yom Kippur: except for those on a medical prescription, large Fast ; Some little ones want to do the same.
Office, led by Mr. Aron; Early bedtime.
Pauline Ménaché asks to come with her father, the offices of the Israelite Alliance no longer need him working there him. We accept because of its good reputation; The father will replace Mr. Frédéric for the big work.

On 23 September
Yom Kippur: Day Very Quiet because of the Fasting ; Offices part of the day. In the evening, copious meals: the small ones, who do not have Fasting, are hungry enough!
Mr. Dupont makes tables, benches, Shelves, Rafistole of Windows and doors; We have planks by the carpenter, Å moderate price.
The study and classroom rooms are Ready.
On 24 September
A contest occupies a few groups: it’s about writing “Domaine des Granges” without using paper, pencil, ink… Quantities of ideas and realizations… natural products of all kinds, chocolate, Eggs, sewing, etc.
On 25 September
Out of almost all, in groups.
We’re starting to buy some galoshes for winter.
On 26 September
Arrival of M. Ménaché and Pauline: This one will be occupied at the workshop, with the supervision of the toilet.
On 27 September
Installing the canopy In the garden: sheets attached to trees, a roof of branches of which hang fruit… melon, pears, grape, banana; Cabbage, leek, tomato, potato…
The walls are adorned with gills, berries.
Two flags French, for the circumstance… Mr. Ménaché Officiates, distributes the wine (rare purchase)!
On 28 September
Following the ceremonies of canopy ; Big Breakfast.
Mr. Aron, deceived by inaccurate indications of the town hall and the Gendarmerie on the Identity cards possessed by each, takes a series pictures that will be little useful; Identity cards are changed, although in good and due form, against receipts that it will be very difficult to replace.

Central heating seems to be able to Be working by our plumber; We are considering increasing the number of radiators, which Dr. Beaufort believes is possible. But we will have to give up because of the expense, and the difficulty of obtaining supplies.
Dr. Beaufort is taken as a doctor of the Refuge; It has excellent reputation, is quite neighborly, is Very Complacent, and declares that he will work at prices Very Reduced.
The state of health is still excellent, and the infirmary with little fuss empties permanently: especially Indigestions, due to the apples not ripe; On the other hand, Ripe In quantity.
On 29 September
Representation… very complicated as a curtain whose operation will be the most important of the Piece
• It takes place in the workshop. Achievement still very mediocre, and choice of the dismal subject… We’ll do better next time…
Mr. Aron part Ä Neuilly: It is necessary to bring back all the covers, a lot of laundry, books of class, of the articles of infirmity, a second sewing machine (the part from the first can be replaced), many other objects.
Miss Hirtz, who’s dealing with Paris, goes with him.
On 30 September
Mr. Aron arrives in Neuilly; Mr. Weyl being a stranger could not remain in the Refuge; The concierge of 37, rue de Chézy is responsible for a caretaker role, but he is not efficiaent. Beginning of flood in a cellar. The Light ; Lack of shutters everywhere and Light Blue, working hours will be limited. The phone starts again: We were doing so well for a month!!

Some September prices

Bread 2.95 F the Kg
Meat (good pieces) 13
Eggs 5 The Dozen
Potatoes 45 The 100kg
Cheese (Port-Salut) 11 kg
Milk 1 per litre
Peanut Oil 7,25 The kg
Pasta 7.60 per kilo
Butter 14
Sardines Oil – The box 8.20 –
Charcoal (balls) 42 The 100 kgs

Typical schedule
7am Up
7:45 Breakfast (chocolate)
8am End of lunch, cleaning tables
8:15 a.m…… House Maintenance
9 a.m. 15 Workshop: Couture, mending
11.15 am Games
11:45 am… Preparing the table
12:00 Noon Lunch 12:30 pm… End of lunch, cleaning of the refectory
1:00 pm End of the dishes
1:30 pm Outing, or workshop, or games
16 h.. . Beds, preparation of dormitories
4:30 p.m. Goüter
17 h.. . Games
6:45am… Preparing the table
19 h……. Dinner
7:30 p.m. End of dinner, dishes
8:30 pm Bedtime
21 H… E…. Big bed
Due to the shortage of washbasins, the toilet was rangeded by 7 h å 9 h.
The 1Er October
Sunday.. At Neuilly. Mr. Aron opens everything in storage in order to sort out
Mme Melloul joins the regular staff.

In the morning, Mrs. Grauer REçA letter from the primary inspector, directing him to join the 2Th In the morning the position she was applying for.
Immediate visit, with Mrs. Aron, Å miss Goumy. Ms. Grauer REçILO the class of the certificate, and the re-entry will take place only on 2 afternoon, to allow the organization of the classes between the five teachers or teachers.
He is understood that 40 of our daughters will be able to attend school… Joy of the girls in question at the announcement of this good news!
We don’t’Not expect such a quick decision: we need to focus everything…
Toilet: The schoolgirls will do it in the evening, the others in the morning.
Sunrise: Will be held at 7 a.m. on class days, at 7:30 a.m. on other days; Lunch 3/4 hours later (then 1 hour later)
The question of milk is delicate; Impossible to look for him in the morning; We’ll look for him the day before.
For the 2, we will have soup (like in Neuilly).
Classes and studies: For those who do not go to school, courses are made by Ms. Aron in the next room of the office; The homework is done, part in this room, part in the drawing class, part of the workshop.
Services: They Are made only by those who do not go to school (about twenty, in fact).
Workshop: Thursdays and Sundays morning, all make their mending; On other days, non-schoolgirls alone work in the workshop.
Pauline and Mia take care of the schoolgirls: Class Hours: 8 h 1/2 to 11 H 1/2 and 1 h å 4 h; These hours will be of the most fanciful, as we wait for the children from the hamlets until about 9:00am, and the exit is spread out for half an hour.
On 2 October
Mr. Aron is working in Neuilly.
In the morning, Mrs. Grauer will make contact; At the refuge, big jerk-down: The few objects of class must be gathered together posse\de; We speculates what Mr. Aron is going to bring back.

At noon 45, all are ready to start, for a new phase of their existence, eagerly awaited (c’Is the first time since the foundation of the Refuge that our children will à The communal school).
Very quickly, our daughters show more vivid, brighter than their country mates, without having any more background; The mixed classes charm our children, although the recesses are separate.
From this apparent brilliance is born some vanity, risking to create a disagreement: Mrs. Aron must make the children understand that brilliance and value are two and that it is necessary to exercise tolerance, especially question religion because heard words are lacking in amenity .
and schoolgirls follow the class with little material: suitcase instead of towel, and no books (they will take more than a month to arrive).
The class of the certificate (Ire) and the upper class do their best, without material, and having only Ms Grauer; For Miss Goumy, who takes the upper course, must at first organize the management of the school (and the secretariat of the Town Hall). When she attends theçMs. Grauer, Miss Goumy does not conceal that she learns a lot.
On 3 October
The organization of the classes works properly. Mr. Aron is shopping in Paris.
On 4 October
Mr. Aron Receives Mrs. Leven to the shelter. He Continue to prepare what he wants to carry, aided by Miss Hirtz and the fiancé of Pauline Ménaché.
The organization of the “Bains” is started: on Wednesdays for non-Schoolgirls, with hot water from the kitchen.
On 5 October
First Thursday of Schoolgirls Who, their turn, make their toilets. Marie Znajdek, brought back from Berck, joined Neuilly.
On 6 October
In Neuilly, Mr. Aron, Miss Hirtz, Miss Meyer continues to pack; Visit of Mrs. Leven and Ms. Kohn;
In Crocq, we continue ‘ Purchase of galoshes, more and more necessary; This does not contribute to silence in the house!
On 7 October
2 800 kg of luggage are loaded in 4 taxis Transport, and are carried to the station D’D’lvry, or a wagon was retained.
The house is closed again and, in the evening, Mr. Aron, Miss Hirtz and Marie Znajdek embark for Crocq.
On 8 October
Having missed, due to train delay, the correspondence to Bourges, they visit the city, leave for MontlucOn, arrive at Létrade at 20 h 15; Miss Hirtz and Marie are sleeping at the hotel; Mr. Aron is walking back to Crocq.
On 10 October
Cessation of services to farms, the presence of certain Boys Proving somewhat embarrassing.
On 11 October
Travel to Aubusson, to look for class business
. On 12 October
Fair, with its usual appeal; Miss Albauld, benefiting from a reduction in the age of admission to nursing schools, leaves us to enter in I A.
On 13 October
Arrival of the baggage wagon; We find with joy class towels, books… and the rest.
Alas, the eagerly awaited wireless, does not work; And there is no repairman, neither ä Crocq, nor ä Aubusson: you will have to wait for an opportunity.
On 14 October
Theatrical feast, due to a birthday. It is mainly the scouts who play; This is not Not yet very much: the Swallows, in particular, get lost in their sheets.
Like the following, this party takes place in the refectory, tidy and clear, ornate.

On 15 October
Sunday, sullen weather. Visit of Mr Touraille, mayor of the neighbouring town of Villeneuve, friend of Mr Kohn.
We were counting on him to buy firewood: He gave us only good advice.
He It is difficult this year to get Wood: the locals, afraid of running out of coal, are buying all the dry wood; We are reduced to buy the tree on foot and to have it slaughter and debit… when we can!
On 16 October
Ms. Aron is developing the practical organization of C.A.P.
On 17 October
Unannounced visit of a public Assistance inspector, who visits from the ground up; It seems to find the premises sufficient and hygienic enough; We explain to him the efforts made to develop the toilet and the heating.
Vain continuation of the research of firewood; No merchant can supply it, no precise indication is given.
Mrs. Minc is acquainted, at the Central Hotel, of the buffet family: Mr. Buffet supervises, Ä ‘ Chapal plant, of the fur stocks of the Simon house, of Paris.
He In particular the existence of unused stoves at the factory, and asks the notary I Permission to take them for our use.
Mrs. and Ms. Odette Buffet are interested in children, mainly with Ms. Minc’s little ones.
On 19 October
Mr. and Mrs. Aron make a courtesy visit to Mrs. De Barasa, who has just arrived. Friendly welcome; She agrees to sell us two large trees, which her guard is responsible for getting slaughtered and charged.
On 20 October
Mrs. Aron goes to Aubusson for various purchases.
We are shown an excellent dentist, who accepts our clientele in conditions of free Almost complete, for ordinary care at least. (Mr. Quémin)
On 21 October
We receive from Mrs. Feldblum, friend of Mrs. Kohn, 100 meters of beautiful grey fabric, which will serve new dresses less uniform “than the present ones.
On 22 October
Taking advantage of the last leaves, fruits, we make a contest of natural clothes: no fabrics, no needles or pins; leaves, fruits serve; Pine thorns or needles are used as attachments; At the cost of many hours of teamwork, great patience of the models, we obtain a lovely toilet. The mistresses themselves were made to contribute, and the greatest fever reigns throughout the day.
On 24 October
We start the practical work at school: knitting, crochet…
On 25 October
We start regular dentist visits on Wednesdays, Ä Aubusson; It’s almost always Miss Dupont who will drive the sick to the car.
On 26 October
After agreement with Miss Goumy, the school piano is made available to Miss Hirtz on Thursdays and Sundays for classes and singing sessions. Marcelle Saporta serves as assistant instructor.
First meeting at 4 am, very appreciated.
On 27 October
Unannounced visit of Mrs. Hahn, the first of the ladies of the committee that crosses our threshold at Crocq; She spends with us a few pleasant hours, we spoiling of any maniérer… treats, useful items.
A small party is quickly organized, during which we show him our artists, Eva Guttman in her dance, some singers, some actresses. Excellent atmosphere.
Mrs. Hahn leaves, forgetting her bag that’She had brought plenty of gifts: we are plotting to send him back, garnished with a chancellor made by us.
On 28 October
The trees of Madame de Barasa are debited: We have the wood delivered to us.
On 29 October
Electric Radiator tests: HeS are inconclusive, the current being constantly cut. We’re asking for a stronger counter.
A group begins the clearing of the beautiful dolmen of Urbe, Å 2 km from the barns, cutting the brush, brambles and genets that surround it.
A lot of abrasions, but general joy; Beautiful view of the mountains of Auvergne, already covered with snow.
On 30 October
A part of the lavatory is installed: Ten children can wash in the granny’s time; Sensible progress. We mounted the old tray, cut, against the wall; We’re going to make another one for the middle of the room.
The hoses are frequently clogged due to lack of a siphon.
On 31 October
Mr and Mrs Aron go to Aubusson, for various races (objects of class, fabrics…). Long return, because the bus, more than crowded, must make two trips.
Installation of a stove in the infirmary, another in the refectory.
The 1November St
Our schoolgirls go, with the whole school, to the ceremony of the Monument to the dead of the War of 1914.
Afternoon walks.
Arrival of Mrs. Nissim, destined to replace Miss Albauld and to teach the C.A.P. in instruction TGNeral As well as the Secretary patent and I English.
3 November
AprBachelor Many avatars, the Chancellor destined Has Mrs Hahn is finished and sent.
4 November
On the advice of the mayor, we ask ‘ refugee allowance (in principle, ‘ 10 francs for children over 13 years, 8 francs for the most Young).
5 November
SNettles, and singing sessions at school. We work à The installation of the second part of the lavatory; And we begin to review the central heating boiler, in good condition except for the release hoses.
On 10 November
Mrs. Kohn, whose medical condition had for a few weeks delayed the trip, arrives by car with Mr. Kohn
Enthusiasm among the girls, who clean everything with love and cheerfully greet the arrivals, around 4 o’clock.
Many treats distributed, naturally: warm clothes, candies.
Visit of the House: the installation of dormitories and bedding are especially important.
On 11 November
Children are on leave for the Party of the Armistice.
Ofu Morning, the house is in effervescence: Mr. and Mrs. Kohn must stay the day with us, lunch at the refectory, which is decorated as for a Party.
Full-bodied lunch with new treats and then a big stir: it is understood that the children must offer the snack to our visitors and to the family Buffet, and then a representation will be offered to them. The whole thing is done.
Meanwhile, walks, photographs, signature notebooks…
And decisions are made: children will sleep on low flanks if it is not too expensive; A trial will be done in Run’s dorms. Through Mr. Buffet, we will have the woods without difficulty; They will be debited at the factory or at the carpenter’s, and assembled by Mr. Dupont (who has not stopped working on interior fittings).
We will bring the mattresses from Neuilly, to double the benches; And the Kohn Brothers House will offer a foot cover å each of the children.
Mrs. Kohn will provide us with fire extinguishers dFire and will see, concurrently with us, the establishment of insurance that is still non-existent.
Splendid weather; The leaves have magical autumnal hues.
On 12 November
Mr. and Mrs. Kohn leave in the morning.
The lavatory is finally installed: 25 children can wash at the same time, under sufficient hygienic conditions; But the big toilet is always precarious, because of lack of showers and baths.
On 13 November
Mr. Dupont is looking for Plant the woods necessary for 1Er dormitory, immediately discharges, begins work, aided by Mr. BUFFET’s employee. These are 1 m. 80 slats, alternating 3 for a board on which the child can climb.
This will force the number of dormitories to increase because, with the lower flanks, none will be able to sleep in the hallway, as one or two per dormitory did.
On 15 November
The 1Er dormitory, paved, is installed to the joy of its occupants. He Returns to 365 francs, which will not be deemed excessive by Mr. Kohn: So we will do the work for the whole.
On 17 November
Mrs. Aron is absent for two days, goes to MontlucWe.
On 18 November
The Schoolgirls Do not yet have their class books, which must be provided by the Guéret inspection for each of the classes; We demand the prefect.
We write to him at the same time to support the request for refugee allocation.
One of our boarders, Olga Lourié, very backward, reaches 18 years of age; There is, of course, no question of his leaving.
On 20 November
The allocation of refugees is granted to us by the cantonal Commission for 95 children.

On 21 November
The notary gives us permission to use the Stoves of I Factory.
On 22 November
Visit of the deputy prefect of Aubusson came with his wife; They visit our entire facility, show satisfaction; The sub-preParty S’Interested in the workshop, where he is shown a work of Haute Couture. He We are confirmed that we will certainly have the refugee allocation with retroactive effect.
The humbug will see the factory Stoves : 5 are suitable, and are removed immediately.
Mrs. Minc moved to the hotel, leaving her room as an extra dormitory for the little ones.
On 24 November
Receipt of a purchase of canned goods: it is becoming increasingly difficult to stock up on the premises; We need to look for wholesalers; It is not easy because, as long as the merchandise has not arrived, it is impossible to know which part of the orders will be executed, or when that part will be carried out, nor the delivery times.
On 25 November
The 5 Stoves are installed, which makes it possible to heat the chambers of Miss Lachéze, Hirtz, Mrs Germain, the drawing class (also used for study), the corridor of the 11st floor; You put a mirus to the sink (it will smoke too much, the hose is too narrow for the length)
On November 26th beginning of the preparation of PartyS of Hanukkah; Mrs. Minc and Miss Buffet make repeat, the workshop and the drawing class make costumes and accessories.
On 27 November
The central heating is put into working condition.
On 29 November
Arrival of the first 78 mattresses sent from Neuilly by the care of Mrs Kohn: a truck will load them Å Létrade, comes back in heavy rain. The mattresses are piled and dried in the workshop.

On 30 November
The bus brings another ten mattresses of the linen; and two large packages of woolens, run by Mrs. Hahn, the other by Mrs. Andre.
Staff meeting to develop the responsibilities of each.
Three months have passed since our arrival…
We are now ready to face a winter we are being announced.
It was not without harm; And now another difficulty begins, that of the refueling: the prices rise, the foodstuffs scarce, in particular Pasta, oil, soap, dried vegetables; and fresh vegetables are reduced to potatoes, except for the exception.
The 1St December
Mia Schwarzstein is appointed supervisor; Germaine Ménaché on her request, is also named.
Ms. Odette BUFFET takes the volunteer responsibility of the Fourth Class studies (Group of Little Children) in the house. She continues to learn French at the last foreign arrivals.
S. Galico gives us some concern by a throat abscess, which will be cured in about ten days.
Splendid weather; Fair: We order the patisserie of Hanukkah.
Dispatch to the Prefect of the list of refugees.
On 2 December
Mia’s specific role is set at a sewing-lingerie staff Meeting: General help; Germaine remains the distribution of the linen.
Super time, very soft.
On 3 December
Distribution of mattresses: Keep the benches below. Revision of robes (old coats) serving on the toilet and at night; and PanToufles
Out, despite a wet weather; Continuation of The preparation of Hanukkah
On 5 December
Observations on the discipline… some are little obedient and think they are all allowed, sending walkers and even monitors.
On 6 December
Taking advantage of the passing of an engine saw, we saw the firewood.
Start of Hanukkah: Service, then dinner treats, with cider… 2 candelabra, managerial office ornament, wear traditional candles.
Ritual discussions will occur about their ignition: Mr. Ménaché lights them all with a match, instead of using the first, serving as a nightlight; The last days, the ignition will be done correctly, if it was not at the beginning.
We are settling a moderate memory of Mr. Dubois.
On 7 December
Hanukkah lunch; A draw “allows 12 children almost never receive anything from their home to have sums of money variants of 5 to 20 francs.
Continuation of the preparation of the Party.
Mr. Simon, a friend of Mr. Kohn and Mr. Buffet, offers us wood to continue the work of the dormitories: with the trees on foot offered by the notary, and the boards existing at the factory, we must have enough.
As the Pradel have requested their settlement, we send them a down payment, pending the Committee’s decision; We advise them that we consider them to have left our service.
On 9 December
The prefecture officially announces I ‘ Grant of I ‘ Refugee allowance; But she asks us not to claim her whole; We refer to the Committee.
The PèOf a student sends us photo enlargements, to give as a souvenir the sensational events of our life.
Significant progress: we use toilet paper.
On 10 December
Party of Hanukkah; There, the mayor, the school principal and her teachers, the Buffet family, the people of Crocq.
Beautiful program, well developed by Mrs. Minc and Miss Buffet: Religious part… number of small, recitations, part more or less historical of Huguette Grauer then songs, cheerful plays. Finally, our daughters abandon their shyness and sing, dance, play without being too praying.
On 11 December
House storage.
On 13 December
Looking for dry vegetables, to find a few lenses.
We receive, repaired, two lawnmowers that will refresh the hair; Miss Van Danzig takes care of it, or a refugee from the village.
On 14 December
Gymnastics in the meadow in wet and soft weather. Thursday bath, letters to the families.
On 15 December
Time becomes beautiful again; With the large available, 10 km promenade very nice.
The woods are brought to the lower flanks; They are green, dry badly; They curl, they break, big waste.
Mr. Buffet put pebbles at the entrance to the estate and on the road, to avoid the ponds.
On 16 December
He Freezes a 5; Children, unaccustomed, shivering despite the sufficient fires… They’ll get used to it quickly!
The Committee agrees to take up 50 per cent of the refugee allowance.
A mechanic from a nearby village finally takes I Wireless’s device, immobilized since his arrival, to repair them.
On 17 December
The small wings begin their gymnastics sessions, they will continue little pros every day, in the room or in a meadow.
Pretty cold weather, but beautiful: with fifteen children, 17 km walk by roads and fields: passage in the Department of Puy de Dôme, which they are very proud. At the return, taste double, very appreciated. All of them support fatigue.
On 18 December
Very mild weather; Installation of the 2nd dormitory.
On 19 December, sent to Rabbi Cyper, from Dijon Chaplain to the armies, three packages prepared by children in favor of Israelite soldiers.
Reception of the rest of the bedding woods.
On 20 December
Installation of the 8th dormitory (the order is based on the good behaviour of the occupants). Transportation and cutting of planks at the sawmill.
On 21 December
Madame Grauer leaves for Paris for the holidays, enjoying the car of a friend of Dupont.
Fair, with its usual attractions.
A wandering menagerie, very miserable, dazzles our little jaded daughters.
Out in good weather.
On 22 December
They bring us great carps, which Mrs. Dufour prepares wonders.
The children sacrifice their snacks and desserts of the day for the work of the Soldier’s Noel (120 F).
Mr. Dupont installs the 7 Dorm.
On 23 December
Schoolgirls are on Christmas holidays; They are involved in home services.
Installation of soap planks (it was not necessary to wait for the rings provided by M, Dubois); A part of the Grauer’s antichamber is converted to reduced potatoes, which we must order by 2 and 3 tons.
Payment of firewood Å Mme de barasa.
Out, in mild weather.
On 24 December
Departure of the Lévinger Sisters: their mèRe, came to visit, and dissatisfied with the reproaches made on one of the girls, took them away; We see them leave without regret because the elder, Jeannine, is odious. His departure will calm a difficult group.
With the Girl Scouts, first exercise of fire lighting in the open air, easy, given the time: great joy!
Arrival of the first covers of the house Rohn and this: they are warm and pretty: thanks to the whole house which, we know, has been actively engaged in their making and sending.
On 25 December
Superb weather: General gymnastics in the meadow, directed by Miss Hirtz and M. Aron. In the afternoon, games at the Sablière.
Great tasting, offered by the Committee.
On 26 December
Walks in good weather.
Reception of canned goods: jams, prunes, tomato.
On 27 December
The prefecture accepts the proposal of the Committee for the allocation. The weather is getting colder.
On 28 December
He Snow: joy of children; home games, preparing Party.
On 29 December
The snow thickens; A sled, made by I Mr. BUFFET’s employee is appreciated: it is used in particular for the transport of milk, the snow preventing the easy circulation of the Dupont car.

The foot covers are distributed to the dorms installed (the others have additional coverage in the meantime).
On 30 December
A cold of-10 doesn’t stop you from getting out. Preparation of the Party.
On 31 December
The wireless device is finally repaired, and will charm many off-peak hours. We will have the news and releases that we were only late.
Mr. Ménaché lodges at the hotel, to leave his room to miss Hirtz who ceded hers to Mrs. Dufour Melloul whose room becomes the 9th dormitory needed by the lower flanks.
Receipt of 10 crates of milk Gloria.
Liquidation of the Pradel account.
Some prizes from December 1939
Bread 2.95 F kg
Meat (good Pieces) 16
œufs 10
Potatoes 55
Cheese (hi Port) 16
Lait .1,25 per litre…. ….
Peanut oil 7.75
Pasta 7.80 per kilo
Butter 12
Camembert 3.75 for
Some commodities become difficult to find: oil… Pasta… Chocolate…

1940

The 1January
The year begins with a beautiful day. Every child Receives A small gift as gifts, all the better welcomed that, because of the circumstances, they did not expect to receive anything.
The most difficult was to bring together a hundred objects, with the few resources of Crocq.
New Year visits to the mayor and the notary.
The Scout group begins to exist: during a campfire in broad daylight, in the wood of the property, Suzanne Waysfeld makes, as a small wing, the first promise of the group.
On 2 January
In anticipation of the re-entry, visit shoes and bags of class.
An ornamental competition of the dormitories gives the most mediocre results: we see that our daughters have never lived in a suitable room.
A competition of improvised musical instruments is played by two groups, with some ideas (provoked). and a representation (the whole, result of the holiday occupations) gives rise to excellent pieces, especially small ones, prepared especially with Miss Buffet.
A challenge, launched to the children of Crocq guests, to prepare something for the next performance, is greeted enthusiastically, but will not yield any results.
He Thaws: Mild weather.
On 3 January
Back to School A 14-year-old girl is accepted in addition to the certificate class.
Installation of the 7th dorm.
We’re doing the dentist sessions again.
Mrs. Minc and Miss Buffet leave for a few days in Paris.

On 4 January
Mild weather, walks, preparation of contests.
Installation of the 2nd dormitory.
On 5 January
Sending in class of 2 small.
On 6 January
Very mild weather, walk with non-Schoolgirls.
On 7 January
Sullen weather; The preparations are completed and the Party of kings: It is a question of representing a king, a queen and their court: two groups of Girl Scouts make a very artistic scene. Then taste with patties, very lively.
On 9 January
Rain, fog; Installation of the 3rd and 6th dorms.
On 10 January
Dry cold, dentist tour; We are touching the refugee allocation.
The Dupont car is equipped withc Snow tires.
Wholesale arrival of canned goods: sardines, corned beef, jams, prunes, by freight forwarders or manufacturer: It is more and more necessary, because Crocq can not supply everything we seek; Some concern for pasta, not found for a month: Mr. BUFFET proposes to us by Ferrand Renaud… will we have them? We have ordered two or three different sides… and so many provisions!
On 11 January
Wholesale Cold:-200 at night,-He During the day The house is sufficiently heated; Few come out.
We pay the supplies given by the’School: We should be reimbursed Å reason of 70 F per pupil: When will we be?
On 13 January
The temperature was well radoucie.
Fair: They bought wool for knitting sweaters to the soldiers.
All dormitories are installed, all bedspreads distributed; Each one easily supports the cold.
On 14 January
Very sweet weather, games out.
Power outage (frequent on Sundays, probable cause line repairs)
On 16 January
Mrs. Aron leaves for Paris for a few days, with Mr. Buffet.
Order of 3 tons of potatoes in Aubusson, the nearest region does not supply any more.
On 17 January
Very cold weather, snow, wind.
Because of the board of Revision, classes are on leave, and we await the visit of the prefect; But this one, eager to join Guéret, with the snow, does not appear at the barns.
Mrs. Minc is coming back, seized, from Paris. Enervement to dinner, following disputes fomented by
We receive 1500 kg of anthracite, or pseudo anthracite full of stones and giving strength slag.
On 18 January
The cold persists (-12) No exit. A beautiful package of woolens, by Mrs. Hahn, arrives Å point.

On 19 January
In the night, the G sinksèSlowly inside the house, the pipes are all blocked, inside too.
He Y-200 at night; and the central heating boiler works very poorly: massive release of carbon dioxide; It is necessary to evacuate for the night the dormitory of the small, which take refuge in the workshop.
At the end of the afternoon, the heating becomes normal
. A child shows her bed full of pins! The investigation will show that she placed them herself to make herself interesting!
On 20 January
The cold persists: in the morning, 1 cm of ice on the sink, in a room where passes the flue of the boiler!! Only the sink and kitchen faucets are still working.
He A-15 in the daytime, with very cold wind: Mr. Aron, carrying many parcels and listening in the street to the family grievances of parents, has a start of frostbite of hands.
The boiler, always in bad operation, must be switched off and then turned on again. Children do not suffer from the cold except the Schoolgirls to the hands.
The sled serves a lot for the races.
Games in the snow, by the most enduring; And still infirmary with little empty pros.
At night, the blankets being distributed, the hallways heated, we are not cold.
In Neuilly, Mrs. Aron found the Refuge in good condition, picturesque under a layer of thick snow. But the inside is desolate and cold:-40 in the rooms; It’s hard to be quiet working or looking.
Identity cards necessary for foreigners up to 15 years of age oblige the consulates of Poland, Romania to take steps.
Numerous interviews with Ms. Leven and Mrs. Kohn; A report is provided for the first War meeting of the Committee, scheduled for 24 January. –

On 21 January
He A little less cold:-12 He Snow;
Still many difficulties due to lack of water but the health condition remains excellent.
Two students in sanatorium write to return: We advise them patience, because the climate and the lack of comfort would harm them quickly.
Mr. Ménaché spends his days trying to make the lights go off and smoke all the time.
In Neuilly, Mrs. Aron prepares items to bring bedding, books…
On 22 January
Time is warmer:-6, light snow.
Ms. Aron contemplated with Ms. Kohn the use of an amount received for warm clothing.
On 23 January
Good weather, with-8; The heating works poorly.
The group that goes to the dentist has force Avatar Auto breakdown at 4 km, frozen radiator; It is not possible to repair on the spot, and the car is abandoned until the next day on a farm. We go back to the foot… and, by phoning to apologize to the dentist, we learn that he is absent, and his cabinet closed.
In Paris, grocery shopping, including the Canon pharmacist.
On 24 January
Overcast time: + 8;
Mr. Buffet, who got cold during the trip Crocq – Paris, dies – : He is very much regretted by all, thankful for all the good he has done.
Our postal checks account is open.
New floods, by the overflow of the boiler which can not be emptied by the frozen roof.
On 25 January
Nice weather, sweet; Exit to fetch Rejki in the factory which in a sledge, which with a cart; Back toNimée, each wearing his latte that gives him a look of skier

Joy: We find 75 kg of pasta!
In Neuilly, Mrs Aron with her maid and Miss Meyer, on leave, packs the material: kitchen utensils, books, papers…
On 26 January
It’s the thaw, well received. The modifications and facilities required by the installation of the 9th dormitory (Mrs. Dufour’s former room) are made.
Ms. Kohn and Mrs. Aron are looking for hosiery: Each child will have 2 thick cotton panties; The large will have, in place of their low sport, the stockings of wool rising.
Pauline Ménaché, who for three months was claimed by her house and could not leave Crocq for lack of passes, finally gets this piece, and returns to Paris. Its pore stays with us, and makes us moderate services.
On 27 January
Ice, then rain.
Mrs. Kohn and Mrs. Aron go to Mr. Buffet’s funeral; Then, not without difficulty, Mrs. Aron joins the secretariat of for our children, who must entrust her with a child to take to the shelter (J. Friedmann); Mrs. Aron and this child take the train in the evening; The parcels will come by carrier.
On 28 January
Return of Mrs. Aron, entrance of J. Friedmann.
On 29 January
Mild weather, bringing in flu: for the first time, the infirmary is full.
Mr. Aron, very tired, keeps the room.
On 30 January
Mr. Buffet’s last memory: We bring stones, bought by him, to put in front of the door.
During the month, frequent difficulties with the Dupont, which arouse some counters of the staff members.

The 1February
AprBachelor A walk in good weather, a snack of Saint Charlemagne brings together the best students of the’School and home: great joy of the favored, who ignored this use. Candies, syrup, songs…
The supply becomes more complicated, because of the days without meat: if, at first, the complacency of butchers makes things easier, the increasingly strict rules will soon hinder.
On 3 February
Superb spring weather.
On 4 February
Nice sweet weather; Walks, two little wings make their promise.
Talks, or discussions due to the Boys Who turn too much around the house and some of our daughters; These are not all hostile…
We show the neighbouring farmer a slightly too tender letter from one of her sons… we ask Mia a little more reserve… a little 15 years old tells us her confidence in the baker Boy…
Reception of the large knitted parcels sent by Ms. Kohn (panties, stockings).
On 5 February
Reception of 4 fire extinguishers, commissioned by Ms. Kohn. and 500 kilograms of rice that arrive at a point.
Some difficulties with one of our greats, who, approaching 18 years of age and unable to hope to leave the Refuge, proves very insubordinate; It will settle after three weeks, not without difficulties.
On 8 February
Fair, always the same: Fortunately, there is the pie maker!
Great track game for Girl Scouts;
Repair of leaks to sinks, ä I Infirmary; These repairs are continual, due to the aging of I The layout (and perhaps also the little science of Mr. Dubois).
On 10 February
Closing of one of the grids of the property, to avoid the comings and goings of Boys.
On 11 February
Sullen weather: Miss Hirtz organizes the school of singing sessions that are well received
The city’s water is stopped for two days due to large leaks outside the house.
On 12 February
R return from the cold; It’s snowing in the evening.
Furnace repair, which is crumbling everywhere (grates, oven, etc.)
On 13 February
Sleet, temperature-8, unpleasant wind; We use it to break two tiles.
On 15 February
Pretty good,-7; We’re going to sing at school.
On 17 February
Thawing, causing a strong ice-storm in the morning. Rainy weather.
In order to satisfy the desire of the public authorities, we start the hunting of scrap in the property: there are! It’s a pity we can’t take it out of Neuilly too!
On 18 February
The Boys Blow up the padlock on the grid…
Mr. Aron reports it to the gendarmerie.
In the afternoon, first scheduled for February 4, delayed due to lack of adequate preparation; The same groups are distinguished, notably the kindergarten of Mrs. Minc, the tireless organizer of these PartyS.
On 20 February
The padlock, which has been handed over, is forced for the second time; Complaint is brought; The gendarmerie will discover that I ‘ Author is a young rascal, to which she will scare…
Mild, rainy weather; Dentist session.

On 21 February
Superb weather; New Dentist session.
Dr. Beaufort, who came to see some children “seeming pale, sees nothing abnormal, but con Seille to show some to DismuserE of Aubusson.
We’re working to ungorge a completely clogged, dirty water sump.
On 22 February
With Girl Scouts and small wings, we will look for the factory of new planks for the dormitories: Celz gives the appearance of a group of skiers.
Lively discussion with Ms. Dupont about feeding the dog!
On 23 February
We try to get her home, to Lille one of the students of appalling character; Unfortunately its pèRe, after declaring herself ready to take her back, disqualified herself, her situation not being brilliant.
On 24 February
In good weather, we go to the roadside to look for wood cut by the bridges & pavements small wood Mountain to ignite the fire; Slight incident because we took a bunch booked… this arranges with a small allowance.
On 25 February
The weather is refreshing; Singing session with piano at school.
In the late afternoon, fire extinguisher test, which interests the large and shows them the amenities and inconvenience of the instrument (odor!)
New incidents with boys: falsely signed letters from the names of our daughters; Still recourse to the gendarmerie, which will unmask the author.
On 26 February
Part by car, part by car, we go to the dispensary of Aubusson; Satisfactory visit, none of the suspects is anything serious.
On 27 February
We are touching the January refugee allocation. Installation of the 9th dormitory; It is increasingly difficult to find boards.
On 28 February
Arrival of a new child, Arlette Cohen, 4 years old, well stunted.
Dentist session.
Repair chairs, benches, tables.
Children, unscrupulous and indifferent, ABiVery much.
Gray weather for three days.
On 29 February
Leap year, and mid-Lent.
Superb weather; We take the opportunity to complete the release of the beautiful dolmen of Urbe, invaded by shrubs.
The Tâcheron finishes the work of sumps and ditches.
February is marked by the aggravation of Dupont incidents… backbiting, organization of a veritable clan of disobedience and revolt, a sly campaign against members of staff who do not lend themselves to certain complaisance.
And six months ago we were out of our house.
The 1St March
We finally settle the liability insurance for children.
On 2 March
End of the brush search for the fire. More incidents between one of our daughters and her servant Knight!
On 3 March
We receive 3 tons of potatoes, the basis of our diet.
On 4 March
On the desire of the public authorities, we continue the salvage of scrap, which we send a large quantity to the depot of Crocq.
Big Dupont incident, which openly incite a student a Disobedience; Following the director’s observation, the family withdrew to his room; This is the second time she’s been using this, but this time we’re letting her do it!
resupply difficulties continue; Our wholesale supplier has no more fish cans, no cheeses…
On 5 March
Time turns cold.
VIf incident, brought by the Dupont, between the main boarder of their clan and Miss Hirtz, poorly seen from them.
On 6 March
He Freezes, despite sun appearances.
The school, which is not up to date, sends anti-tuberculosis stamps for sale three months after the end of the annual sale.
On 7 March
Hard cold; We take care of the workshop at The Courier, at the chant (Thursday).
Ms. Aron goes to Aubusson, to agree with the Principal of the college for the eventual entry into October of the upper class students; They would enter in the 5th or 4th, stay in town; It seems inconvenient and expensive: we will look for something else.
On 8 March
Search for soap, which begins to become rare.
Arlette Cohen has a bronchial pneumonia, who keeps her in bed for ten days.
On 10 March
Superb weather. Girl Scout tracks, games in the meadow, chant Å ltécole.

On 11 mArs
Cleaning and brushing of our wood, invaded by Brambles.
On 12 March
Violent wind, rain; We need to turn the boiler back on.
Overhaul of passive defensive curtains, blue lights.
We begin to receive cheeses in bulk.
On 13 March
Storm; 4 go in coach Ä Aubusson because Miss Dupont makes GRève of his car.
On 14 March
Measurements (metre fixed along the wall) and weighing (rocking of the farm); very satisfactory results; Almost all of the children have grown and enlarged.
1l Snow at night.
Mr. Dupont makes the GRève of Carpentry; We address the carpenter of Crocq. (Shower installed)
On 16 March
We are trying to cram into big war factories over 18 years old that are becoming difficult to keep.
On the Council of the mayor, we write at Dunlop Ä (no sequel)
Beginning of the Easter holiday; The quarterly notes are generally satisfactory.
Nice afternoon stroll; Picking Violets.
On 17 March
Cold in the morning, beautiful then; Games and walks.
We begin to run out of coal and imitate the heating.
On 18 March
Fair; The pastry has its usual success; We find a few books for the library, as well as a few haberdashery.
Games in the neighboring meadow, more sensation Night gameNel by beautiful moonlight for the Girl Scouts; They are less cowards than one could fear, and are very fièRes. Back about 10:00.
Heavy weather, pleasant at night.
On 19 March
Giboulées; Day of travel.
Mrs. Aron goes to Guéret with 8 children, to consult an Oto-rhino, to make glasses of glasses. Travel by car, direct means asking for more than a day for a distance of 60 km. More than a thousand francs of expense.
The nurse goes to Aubusson with four children, for the dentist.
Mr. and Miss Dupont leave for Paris, for the Easter holidays; They will use it to develop the work of the C.A.P…. and to try to mount against the Directors our committee and inspector general Goumain, friend of the house, and great character for the C.A.P.
On 20 March
More giboulées; Singing at school.
A second shipment is made to Rabbi Cyper for soldiers from the front.
On 21 March
The beginning of spring is marked by the beginning of a varicella epidemic that will be very benign.
On 22 March
Because of the good work of the previous days, the workshop was off.
With 24 Girl Scouts, out of the 26-kilometre day; 17 Do it all on foot without fatigue, others taking the bus 7 km from I Arrival. Big Storm at the end of the excursion; Thunder and lightning impress more than the rain that floods us without damage.
We receive from the Maison Ferrand-Renaud 700 kg of Pasta That we were no longer waiting and had been commissioned through Mr Buffet. And we made another allowance for the 250 kg. This makes us a serious stock!

On the other hand, coal reception, which was missing
On 23 March
The chickenpox epidemic extends to small, with a dorm becoming an infirmary.
In the evening, office of Purim.
On 24 March
Easter Sunday, and Purim, In the morning, office.
Superb weather; In the afternoon, great Game Search contest of hidden eggs, great success!
First promises of the Scouts, games.
In the evening, talks on Purim.
On 25 March
In turn, the 9th dorm becomes an infirmary.
Rainy weather; The wireless occupies.
Talks about Branly, who just died… and on Boys, as a result of new incidents.
On 26 March
First class of household education, thanks to the subsidies provided by Mrs De Rothschild again.
Doubtful time; Invitations between scouts and there little wings occupy the afternoon.
On 27 March
Snow and Wind: Salon games and wireless
He There are 22 patients in our infirmaries, all very benign chickenpox.
On 29 March
Cold and snow persist. We’re looking for a new latte plant. Talks about religion.
On 30 March
A I Occasion of Purim, the Scouts invite the other children of the Refuge of the games and a snack; Cheerful and hectic meeting in general.
Return of the Dupont.

On 31 March
Very nice last day of holiday: We prepare for the school, we return the bags repaired. We also prepare the cards of’Alimtion,
Walks; The boys are provocative.
Some awards from March 1940…
Bread 2.95 F kg
Meat (good pieces). . 20
ŒUFS 5.50 the DZ.
Potatoes 85 The 100 kg
Cheese (hi Port) 19 kg
Milk 1.50 per litre
Peanut Oil 12
Pasta (from manufacturer) 6 The kg
Butter 17 .
Camembert 5.25 the piece
Charcoal (balls) 48 The 100 kg
Plumber’s work hour. 7
The 1April
17 entrance of the two Bénasse sisters brought by their pore; Excellent impression.
Back to School The Nôare admitted in spite of chickenpox.
Repair of slats in dormitories: The system is definitely expensive and not very strong.
On 3 April
A dentist starts again Å Crocq on Wednesdays: So two groups go, one ä Aubusson to finish work, the other Crocq (this’is not more advantageous, the latter being more expensive
. Two of the classes are off.
On 4 April
In the morning a telegram learns I ‘ Arrival (not too unexpected) for the very evening of Mrs Leven, president, accompanied by Mrs Kohn, Vice-President, Mrs Crémieu secretary, and Mr Goumain, inspector general specially responsible for the teaching of C.A.P.

DBachelor Their arrival, the Dupont, on the lookout, send him a delegation… spontaneous… of EleBev of their clan who complain about the directors. The reception is not that desired.
A conference brings together, at the end of the afternoon, the Committee and Management, mainly on the development of the preparation of the C.A.P., the usefulness of pushing the greatest number of children to this examination, the importance of the learning tax.
On 5 April
In the morning, a new meeting with the Committee and Mr. Goumain; It is decided
To C.A.P. almost all those who were only doing housework, except for total incapacity
To prepare for the C.A.P. pleasedôHigher education
Mr. Goumain will take care of the registration of the candidates of the year in the exam, in Paris if possible.
Ms. Aron had approved her plan to send the six pupils currently in the upper class of the communal school to the upper secondary school in Clermont for the preparation of the elementary patent; Financial assistance will be requested from the parents who can, and it is hoped to obtain from the prefecture the entire refugee allowance for these students; The big enough keychain will be provided by the families and the shelter.
Lunch at the HôThis then brings together Committee and management; The issue of discipline is being developed; The management Receives Precise instructions to ensure this discipline of all those who live in the shelter and barns.
With respect to the Dupont, it is understood that for the preparation of the C.A.P., their immediate departure will not take place, but that the necessary observations will be made.
In the evening, general dining at the refectory, adorned carefully; On I Management insistence Miss Dupont attends; Speeches by Mr. Goumain and Ms. Leven on discipline.
Then Party Organized by the children.

On 6 April
Our HôYour leaving in the morning
In the evening, at dinner, the management clarifies to the children some of the decisions taken.
The time continues to be cold, and fires to be lit (with a coal of the worst).
On 7 April
Some of the chickenpox starts to leave Sickbay.
The number of Girl Scouts is increased, with little more than half of the children.
Outputs; The Boys Stand still… it’s worth noting.
Fair, with his pie maker!
On 9 April
Hail, snow, cold very unpleasant.
Mr. Aron takes advantage of the butcher’s car to go shopping at Giat, Où An important grocer exists; In fact, he does not find much, apart from a bag of beans; No oil, especially.
The children gladly see the parcels of matzes coming from Paris.
On 10 April
Less snow, but the cold persists.
Dentist session, Ä Crocq.
Arrival of the order of the university presses: Notebooks, class articles; At Crocq, the school provides nothing for free and Schoolgirls The house wears a lot.
A very serious accident occurs in Miss Dupont’s drawing class: an Ele17-year-old Louise Zaguedoun, having her drawing corrected by the stove whose door remained open, saw her dress catch fire; General panic, except the mistress and great who manage to wind the victim in a blanket: Graves BRûLures to legs, thighs, back, interesting about the fifthèMe of the body.
PiQûRes for CAlmEr suffering, and then Dr. Beaufort CoMmence A treatment a I’ISO tannins

By a curious coincidence, we had received In the morning Leads the insurance policy against Accidents which had never existed in the House
On 11 April
The Injured has had a bad night, suffers Good lookingShot.
A gardener begins to maintain the garden, thanks to the funds offered by Mrs. Maurice de Rothschild to learn gardening å our daughters.
The soil is excellent, having served the school of Agriculture, and has not been used for several years.
On 14 April
Another Dupont incident, which, despite the ban on management, takes a part of his clan on a walk.
The infirmary is increasingly emptied, allowing the dormitory to be released as an annex; The injured person suffers less, except in bandages, which last an hour and a half and are most painful.
On 15 April
The pharmacist of Crocq does not have the necessary, we will Aubusson seek medicines and bandages for the wounded.
The Dupont, who spent the night before against the house on the neighbouring farm, continue their propaganda in the post office.
We receive a big shipment of meal, fruit pasta, biscuits ordered a freight forwarder.
On 17 April
Mrs. Aron VA å to present a boarder Å al, take advantage to make purchases for PessaH .
In Crocq, visit of dentist, then some our daughters go to the hairdresser… for the firstèAgain.
On 18 April
Après a few days of beautiful TemPS, the Snow appeared, AccomPagnée D’A Violent thunderstorm With Hail,
Mr. Aron loses his day to arrange the contentious cases between Mrs. Melloul, supervisor, and her husband, FriU Revive it… Visit to the notary, conciliation essays…
The children continue to go “to the hairdresser”; This is not going Without difficulties, some big pretending to have ideas stopped on their haircut!
Incident with a neighbouring farmer: the farm dog, who accompanies our daughters to milk, bit a sheep in a meadow; And a girl in the Cœur Valiant opposed what the owner corrects the dog! We are first asked 500 francs for the price of the sheep which will have to be slaughtered; After discussion, the owner of the dog pays 150 francs, and the Refuge does the same.
Buying carp from a nearby pond? They will be a bit of a varied ordinary.
On 19 April
One of the big students, learning the death of her mother she adored, disappears in the evening: General panic; We look everywhere in the house, without success; We look around, we end up preventing the gendarmerie that comes to investigate… and at this moment, we find the pupil asleep in a corner of the attic! Bessy Perry.
On 21 April
Mr. Dupont leaves for Paris, with a friend, without notice.
Very nice weather, warm; It’s Sunday, we’re going out.
We clean the lockers å I opportunity to Passover, and give 2 pieces per meal.
Search for ISO tannin Aubusson. Care The BRûare still very hard; But the DocDirector AdThat the wounds are on the right track, and that’He Do More fear of aggravation despite temTemperature pretty high.

On 22 April
Two of the school classes are free. The Masters being delegated to other schools: we take advantage of them to continue the repair of Easter. Cleaning of the kitchen, manufacture of more than 1000 kneppish despite the absence Unexpected matzes flour (on Uses the mAtzes themselves); The lettuces of Aubusson are brought in; C’Is all we can find of ritual!
We install the Seder, we adorn flowers and foliage.
In the evening, in the presence of the “community” of Crocq (the family of one of the children), celebrated I Office, then takes place a Seder collected and moved.
On 23 April
Our children have leave for Passover; We play in the meadow, we organize outings, especially Girl Scouts.
Management asks for ID cards for a few 15-year-olds; Difficulties of any kind with the prefecture, fussy and not aware; The coins are returned 3 and 4 times, fines are claimed for late, unpractical parts are requested to procure, especially during wartime. And after more than six months, we get a piece of the cards!
On 24 April
Mr. Goumain sends the programs of the C.A.P. of Clermont Ferrand (that of Vichy has already passed); It deferred much from that of Paris, both by quotations and by the type of exams and by the timetable, spread over ten days.
Our daughters being prepared on the bases of Paris, the management insists that the examination be held in Paris, which would also facilitate the administrative formalities; Mr. Goumain is requested to make the necessary arrangements, at least for the C.A.P. couture; Because we don’t know the dates of C.A.P. Sténodactylo.
We cannot find, Aubusson, or CROCQ, the necessary medicine Å our BRûEea; It must be ordered; In the meantime, doses are reduced; The general state is improving.
On 26 April
The school is pretty much deserted because of the firstèRes communion.
Fair, no pastry, so no interest…
Another incident between one of the sons of the farm and one of our big: talks through the window, calls.

On 27 April
Giboulées, which does not prevent the gardener from continuing his work of preparation and clearing.
We call Mrs. Kohn in Paris to’It sends us the necessary ISO tannin.
On 28 April
Giboulées yet; A family contest is organized; 3 groups participate, with amusing results, including a pig family.
From Aubusson, we are sent ISO tannin!
On 29 April
The grand corridor of the ground floor is topped with nails that will allow the children to hang some of their clothes, too tight in the workshop and requiring continual comings and goings to this workshop.
The gardener starts sowing.
On 30 April
End of PartyS of Passover; The bread comes back to the house.
The 1Re May
A meeting of Supervisors regulates certain details, especially discipline, as well as greater monitoring of exits due to the aggressiveness of some Boys.
The management calls the neighbouring farmer, because of the attentions between one of theôTres and his sons. In words at least, this farmer declares herself ready to put order…
We receive from Paris a certain amount of’ISO tannin, at the moment Où Dr. Beaufort is thinking of another treatment, the ISO tannin forcing them to dress horribly long (1:30) and very painful. However the overall condition of the child is better.
On 2 May
Ascension Thursday; A GoûTER brings together the previously disguised “families” and then exits between hail storms.
The gardener continues to beaker

On 3 May
Torrential rains all day long: The cellars are flooded, the neighbouring meadows transformed into lakes.
The dorms are closed during the day, to avoid difficult groups to watch, especially the Windows.
On 4 May
And the rain always falls…
Buy ä Aubusson of carded cotton, the reserves of Crocq being exhausted!
On 5 May
Time is recovering.
The Boys Are unbearable, coming on our driveway without stopping; Mr. Aron is taking them away. In the evening, whistles under the dorm windows around 10 o’clock, some of the nôVery pretending to answer it!
The Girl Scouts begin to set up their room (a classroom).
On 6 May
Receiving a large consignment of cheeses.
Mr. and Mrs. Aron make purchases at Aubusson, including haberdashery, class items; and books for our skinny library.
On 7 May
The Windows Dorms are painted white to avoid communication.
Laying of boards in the office… It’s harder than you’d think, because there’s a big shortage of planks.
He We have to pay the scanning fee for Neuilly! C’is irony!
On 8 May
In anticipation of the heats, and because of the legions of mice, a pantry is installed in the cellar; We open the transom in the dorms.
Visit of Mr. Aron Å Mme de barasa; She refuses the repair of the kitchen stove that works and is miraculously held; It accepts the revision of chimneys; And it will prohibit the movement of Boys The inside of the property (on the pretext of going to the farm).
A small square, in the garden, is reserved for all the children who desire it; They choose, not without penalty, what they want to put into it (especially thoughts and radishes).
Purchase of various seeds.
On 9 May
For the first time, our daughters are doing an outdoor cooking test (clan leaders and girl Scout seconds); The menu and lighting of the fire, in superb weather, are easy and quite successful.
On 10 May
As Miss Goumy is busy, the higher class leaves for two days.
In military order, the lights are carefully veiled or extinguished. The windows are more intensely blue.
On 12 May
Pentec SundayôYou; Grey time: The Girl Scouts work at the local; Preparation of a MIME contest.
We’re making a blanket.
On 14 May
The Battle of Belgium is in full swing: Belgian refugees are announced; It is agreed that the Refuge will provide for their food (provided by the town hall) we start To be Care. Search for extra milk, supplies…
The children, very moved, are full of good resolutions, make between them a quest that reports pros of 200 francs to offer them something; The Belgian and Dutch flags are interwoven in the refectory; Children and the sick are being considered for special care.
Refueling starts to be difficult; Wholesale traders and freight forwarders deliver very slowly and irregularly. Foreseeing, as a result of I ‘ influx of refugees, increased prices and a scarcity of foodstuffs, management is striving to provide as much reserve as possible, including canned fish, chocolate, sugar, pies, jams, biscuits, dried vegetables.

Following a Violent incident between children following many flights, mmE ARon Fact, agree with her, a search in A room : no results.
Le 15 May
Storms; We play in the meadow during the thinning.
We’re getting 150 kilos of jam.
In the face of the uncertainty of events, we ask Registration of our candidates for the board of DirectorsP Clermont Ferrand, and renounce Paris.
On 16 May
Rain, very violent at night.
Mimes contest, by groups: Six numbers I are presented, some very successful. A little Red Riding Hood whimsical and alive, gets the majority of the votes.
On 17 May
Visit of an S inspectorûLightness, from the prefecture, to check the situation of our foreigners… We must ask, and obtain easily, the regularization of the situation of Mr Ménaché and J. Respondent.
As for the other foreigners, if their situation is sometimes irregular, fault is at the prefecture itself, or fussy and cranky leather circles seek chicane on everything, threaten incessantly, and take more than six months to send any room.
On 18 May
Mia Schwarzstein, whose conduct with the sons of the farm is far from adequate, and which serves as an intermediary for others, is dismissed from the staff; It will be temporarily a mereève.
Purchase of 2 tonnes of potatoes (Ä 105 F)
On 19 May
The Boys are always provocative, cycle around the aisle to taunt us.
At school, children are growing by an anti-Semitic band. Cries and retorts.
Mr. and Mrs. Kohn and Mr. and Mrs Feldblum Å Crocq, ou They come’Install for Some time

On 20 May
Fair; We buy a few books.
A swing, long promised by Mrs. Caen, more by Mrs. Nissim, is installed in our wood by Mr. Bechard: Great joy, we take his numbers!
Mrs. Minc returned from Paris, where she took a few vacations.
New purchase of seeds; Our garden is filled with future flowers and vegetables, anxiously awaited by the children.
And we are still waiting for the refugees; If the events suggest that there are many, Crocq has no news of their arrival.
On 21 May
Diphtheria vaccinations of 2 children, and smallpox of 14 others, by our doctor; It is done at home, even for Schoolgirls Who should be at school by Dr. Robin; This one will draw an extra grudge against us (C’is one of the leaders of the small anti-Semitic movement in the village)
Arrival of Miss Buffet, who will take care of Crocq Ou Her mother’s coming to rest.
The Dupont are requested by Ms. Kohn to leave their room; Finding their existence among us advantageous and easy, they claim to find nothing.
On 22 May
Stormy weather, like the day before.
With Mr. Kohn, looking for accommodation for I’AIliance (12 people); The annex of an HôSuch would be appropriate to the rigor, but will not be retained.
On 23 May
Mrs. Kohn finds herself a room for the duponts. These are resolved to leave.
Fair… Horror, no pastry! Stormy weather can be the cause.
On 24 May
We are receiving from Clermont-Ferrand delighted with the inscription of our 4 candidates for the board of Directors. Sewing; I The exam schedule, spread over 12 days from 9 to 20 June, is most troublesome and of us; Å Paris, he had been in two days.
Nothing to do, we say we, for the C.A.P. of secretary, already past Å Vichy.
We write Å M. Goumain to try to re-register our candidates in Paris which would not complicate things (we would sleep in Neuilly).
The gardener continues the landscaping of our garden.
On 26 May
The Boys Continue to poison our Sunday with their provocation.
Miss Buffet and a friend of Mrs. Nissim, Mrs. Serriére, are among our staff to teach the most retarded and the small. Ms. Serriére will also take care of gymnastics. She takes her meals with us, as well as her 4-year-old son.
On 27 May
Still no news of the refugees.
Due to the defection of the Belgians and the Dutch, the flags that adorned the refectory are removed.
On 28 May
Mr. Aron is going on a car with Mr. Kohn in Paris.
Despite approaching the enemy, the capital is calm.
In Neuilly, Mr. Aron finds workers in the house, put by the Committee at the disposal of the Presidency of the Council to receive refugees from the north. Unable to enter the office of the management, closed…
The Refuge is in good condition, despite the complete abandonment; A dead tree fell in the courtyard.
Mr. Aron, spend the evening out of business to win Crocq.
In Crocq, we recThe food cards, which will start to serve for sugar.
And the supply continues to be hard enough: we buy, small To Small, canned, sugar, biscuits.

On 29 May
In Neuilly, various approaches:
Mr. Aron sees Mr. Goumain; As a result of the events, refugees in the province were banned from coming to Paris to take exams; So the C.A.P. couture will happen to Clermont-Ferrand, but, given the impossibility, Mr. Goumain S’Tries to get our candidate secretary to come to Paris anyway.
Mr. Goumain gives his (somewhat) impression of the Dupont, and confirms that he has strongly recommended that they keep quiet.
Then visit the Police Prefecture, in order to try to have by her the identity cards of our foreigners: there is so much ill will to Guéret, who trains and then gives us fines for late… But the Police prefecture has no right to intervene in our case… Too bad!!
Wholesale shopping at the Bazaar TheHotEl de Ville: Metal plates and quarters, cleaning products, class items.
Races at the bank; Transportation is easy.
In Neuilly, incident tragicomic-Comique: Mr. Aron, entering with his key in the house, is almost welcomed as a burglar by the nurse who takes care of the landscaping on behalf of the Presidency of the Council (although warned by the workers who restate) … Discussions, showing his identity papers, his keys, the director arrives at great pains to avoid that the nurse calls the Commissioner… then new cries of it by finding that objects were taken out of the cupboards, prohibition to get out what Whether it be from the shelter (even Mrs. Aron’s personal laundry) because of the responsibility of the nurse, etc.
Finally, by promising not to remove anything during the night, and after calling Mrs. Leven and the president of the other work, Mr. Aron gets the key to the Executive office! He Can call!
He Contact Miss Meyer, our social worker mobilized and on leave (Après hard days in the north). This one gives advice on the relationship with the prefecture. Then he loses his: time to go take orders from the’ INfirmièRe
On 30 May
Continuation of the races Å Paris; I Afternoon, storageTs Å Neuilly.
And following the incidents with the nurse, who DC asks for an inventory… very small… furniture Dont It is responsible, for which it allows to close certain parts.
On 31 May
In the morning, baggage transport, party at M Kohn, who will take them the next day by car, pal tie at the station for baggage, part at the high speed
This is worth a scene of the nurse, when Elle Finds that objects have left the house!
She ends up taking her side, all the mores : that these objects were not on the inventory.
Then visit the Israelite Scouts, contact and information about possible leaders; There are none at Crocq, but it is suggested to bring them to the au pair during the holidays.
of his CôTee, Miss Meyer, always so devoted; Sacrifices his entire day at Police headquarters (for identity cards), at an HôHospital to remove papers.
In the evening, Mr. Aron takes the train back to Crocq.
In Crocq, the expectation of the refugees continues; It is no longer a question of Belgians, but of northern French; We’re planning about 80.
We give back to them the blankets that were lent to us on our arrival.
And we continue our food purchases, especially since the invasion of France and the blockade will deprive us of many suppliers.
The 1St June M.
Aron arrives at Crocq in the morning, reporting laundry, kitchen utensils, and stationery in Neuilly.
The duponts complete a full move from their room, coming out of the window and putting in their self the objects that belong to them, and the others.

On 2 June
Back from one of the big, Yolande Chaplin, who had been for several months in sanatorium.
Departure of two others, Mia Schwarzstein and Olga Lourié; Assistance to refugees» from Clermont Ferrand agreed to take them and try to find them a place in a war factory, or elsewhere. Because of their holding, it becamesIble to keep them longer with us.
In the evening, prayer for the anniversary of the death of a previous director of the Refuge, which many students have known.
Because of the threat posed in Paris, all the exams are removed: The C.A.P. Couture will go to Clermont, and we give up the Secretary
On 4 June
Discussion between Mr. Aron and Miss Dupont, concerning objects removed without authorization; In front of I Arrogance of his interlocutor, Mr. Aron NE I Not allow her to come back for his classes.
On 5 June
Examination of the certificate of studies. Ms. Grauer presents eight candidates from the house, out of twelve students of the class (one is too young); Seven are received, including the first of the canton… Joy, gifts…
Miss Dupont comes, on the pretext of preparing the drawing test, to use it to insult the director in front of the children.
On 6 June
Goûter in honour of the successes of the certificate of studies; Because of the increasingly serious circumstances of the war, this goûTER is quiet… Song of departure, Marseille.
Buying a pound of butter… it won’t happen to us any longer!! And receiving a last shipment of cheeses from the Marne…
Feverish waiting for refugees.
On 7 June
Miss Dupont begs Mrs. Kohn to leave her place at all costs… C’is tentatively accepted, as long as it is kept quiet. It provides Inventory of what she took away, inventory accompanied by rather curious recitals

On 8 June
Despite the increasing severity of the events M Aron and the 4 candidates at C.A.P. Couture depart at Clermont-Ferrand for the first part of the exam. Mrs. Kohn takes them in car Å Létrade, they take the bus from Clermont. Easy travel. They are housed in the reception Centre, Où They find the two big parts before, Mia without place, Olga child maid.
For the first time, we eat products from our garden, radishes very appreciated. He There’s a week for a meal. Then come the salads and carrots. Watering and grubbing are the joy of InChildren… but that of pilferage of raw vegetables!
Stormy weather, causing some excitement.
On 9 June
Start of the tests of the C.A.P. at the Collège de Clermont: Calculation and French; The candidates are satisfied.
We learn that there is going to be a session in Clermont for the C.A.P. Secretary: this is good, since our candidate can no longer go to Paris; Despite the late days, we want to register it; This second examination coincides with a part of that of sewing.
Big storm ä Crocq, Où The candidates and Ms. Aron return until the examination is completed.
On 11 June
Our PentecôTe…
A chocolate Cream the brand… we do not have much heart to do more, because the battle of France rages.
Quite in extremis, we receive the parcel of Mr. Aron’s shopping at the bazaar of the HoTei de Ville: last consignment from Paris; We have again, announced as en route, 2 tons of potatoes and 120 kilograms of jams that we will never receive ‘ and which we shall miss well.
Purchase of pharmacy Å Aubusson, for our BruWhose condition has improved greatly, but whose bandages are always long and painful.

On 12 June
The first refugees begin to flock Å Crocq; For the most part, they are French from the north and from the Marne; Almost all come in self-crowded from what they have been able to save.
Alerted early in the morning, we prepare the meal for some of them. A special service is planned and all do their best to help. In fact, we only have 9 people for lunch, and 28 for dinner.
The’Arrival of these unfortunates is pleasedôT an object of curiosity for many; In the evening, it is necessary to develop in a discussion the very serious situation of France.
On 13 June
He Meals, morning and evening; School Canteen and HôThese are the remainder, especially since many refugees still have some money.
We begin to announce the restrictions… Logically, we would haveû Do it much sooner.
At the shelter, we started buying some supplies, because the refugees are going to get what they find.
On 14 June
9 Refugee meals; Two families.
Our cook, Mrs Dufour is caught in flagrante delicto, bringing to neighbouring farmers two whole loaves; The survey shows that, for a long time now, she gave them all the meals of their family, not to mention that of the animals! All this to receive wine and alcohols at discretion.
Because of his Age and promises, we grant a stay of removal.
He We must leave Clermont for the continuation of the C.A.P…. This departure was the subject of many hesitations, given the seriousness of the situation, the lightning advance of I Enemy in our territory, the scarcity of communications, should we risk it, and should the director leave?
Finally, we’Decides, and in the early morning Mrs Aron shares with the 4 seamstresses, and a large å to be examined å hôHospital. A rented car leads Létrade, Où Share the regular bus for ClermHave. “Alas, the’Arrival, we learn that this car Was commandeered to transport refugees! Back the opening of the telephone, we alert Mrs. Kohn to continue the transport (because the examination begins in the afternoon.)
Mrs. Kohn accepts, the journey is very fast.
Back the arrival at Clermont, the children are housed at the higher primary school, transformed into a refugee reception Centre.
Although they are quite moved and tired, the candidates are starting the exam well.
We are touching the May refugee allowance; But, alsoôT, arrive more than 26 tons of coal, sent from office by the prefecture following our forecast for the year; It would be perfect if we did not ask for immediate payment, more than 13 000 francs! At a time Oû The inflows are scarce, the shipments of the Committee difficult, it is almost impossible to pay; We pay a deposit of 7 000 francs, hoping to wait until the end of the month to see.
The enemy is in Paris, evacuated for a few days by all the officials; In particular, any postal communication has been stopped since 10; As for railway communications, they depart from Orléans, and from very irregular fawns due to the bombardment and destruction of works of art.
On 15 June
In Crocq, the crowds increase; Cars clutter everywhere; The planned places of asylum, school and farms, are crowded.
The school classes are finished, turning the premises into refugee dormitories.
However, we only have 9 hoursôOf the day before.
Mrs. Germain, who was unable, for lack of space, to leave the previous day with Mrs. Aron, goes on her turn to Clermont, or she will advise the candidates; She took the candidate secretary, whose examination was quicker.
Educated by the experience of the previous day, she seeks to reach Clermont by her own means: there are no more passenger trains. She climbs into a freight train, and eventually gets to destination at the end of APRèS-Afternoon.

Clermont exams are not RACCOurcis ; Which is unlikely, given the events.
Ms. Aron is trying to reach Mrs. Leven Å Vichy; But the phone is off! A little of the Refuge is taken over by her mother: weird idea right now.
On 16 June
The influx of refugees continues; After the cars, it’s the cyclists.
As the school is set up for meals, it does not come to us much; But, on the other hand, we are asked to lay old men, children, sick: We turn into a dormitory an infirmary and the old room of Mrs. Germain; We sleep 11 people, infants 7.
A group of eight of our daughters provides a permanent school to help with meals and cleaning.
In Clermont, the exams continue at a small pace; The secretary’s is finished, the others are advancing; The candidates are satisfied.
The patient is being observed in the HôTel-Dieu.
The enemy is rapidly advancing to the south of the Loire: Will the return of Clermont ä Crocq be possible?
He There is no more regular communication, and all cars are commandeered for the transport of refugees.
The children are calm, very calm, too calm.
He is astounding to see how little they realize the tragic hours.
On 17 June
Defeat is consumed; The French government is asking for peace.
The lightning advance of the enemy that meets only insignificant resistance continues.
Will the Germans enter Crocq?
The crowd rises in the village, packed with refugees, furrowed by cars, travelled by the fugitives soldiers; The reception center is on the teeth.
The hut accommodates 22 people; I nurse, unfrequented Fortunately, yields another two pièThese. And we feed eight people.

 

PArmi our Hosts, a child Very Feverish, an old Grandma Blind, UDo mom with her baby, a TueRe With three little ones, and a Fourth That will Come..
Our tills are spending without counting.
In Clermont, the examination continues, without Hurry Despite the Fever of events and approaching the enemy. The patient is X-rayed.
He is not possible Ms. Aron to contact Ms. Leven no further communication exists; In particular, it is impossible to solve the question Financial of the most agonizing.
The I8 June
The situation is increasingly serious:
Crocq, widely overflowing To East and west by the German troops that reach Angoulême and have surpassed Lyon, which are ä Montluçon, May Be Reached one hour To The other. A nearby train station à been bombarded, Létrade à been targeted.
Through the village, it is an uninterrupted suite of fleeing cars, soldiers in stampede.
And at the shelter, one wonders if the director will be able to return; It is no longer a matter of communications of any kind with Clermont; The phone, the Telegraph are off.
The Director envisages all contingencies in the event of the enemy’s arrival; There is no Consider To To flee is materially impossible with our number; So we will wait at the barns… a few files of children who fled from Germany are disappeared, the food is scattered, the precious objects are hidden.
Kids Receive Instructions and precautions: stay To The interior of the house dice the enemy’s appearance, endeavour not to answer his eventual questions; Dice To Present, do not leave the barns without Be Accompanied by a supervisory lady; Of course, last advice in case of bombardment or Shots.
. Finally, Mr. Aron, considering the possibility of him being taken by the enemy, entrusts in this case the Direction of the Refuge, if Mrs. Aron has not returned, To Mrs. Grauer and Mr. Nissim.
These decisions are made To Mrs. Kohn, who is on her departure to Toulouse; This isFeeling the committee, approved them and opposed a proposal by Ms Grauer and Nissim to litter the children on farms: whatever Is, the Refuge will remain, and remain Crocq.
The lack of news from the Committee, Ms. Kohn’s departure, makes the difficulties Financial : What will we pay the suppliers at the end of the month? The crate is empty.
Mrs. Kohn leaves us a Shock Unusable, as banking relationships are non-existent… Fortunately, the directors have some personal availabilities.
We are sleeping 26 refugees, infants 9; The 9th Dormitory is given to the refugees… we squeeze
à Clermont, no train no longer works; TheHospital Refuses to keep in sight our patient, being invaded by Hospitals Evacuated and a lot of wounded and sick. We’ll see the surgeon when the calm is back.
After IfBe Implemented Rule to the Gendarmerie for the passes, and in front of the threats that accumulate on Clermont, Mrs. Aron makes leave, as they can, those whose presence is no longer useful: Mrs. Germain, with the candidate secretary, the patient, and Mia Schwarzstein, who did not Found work yet.
This group leaves foot 3 hours of theAfternoon.
The seamstresses, consulted, wish to finish; Mrs. Aron finally arrives To Convince the school principal to finish the exam tomorrow instead ofThe day After Tomorrow !
And this second group spends the night To Clermont, to the noise of vehicles of all kinds fleeing, and of a bombardment that is approaching.
The refugees from the barns camouflage their cars à Three in front of the door); Some are fleeing further.
On 19 June
à Crocq, 11 refugees take meals, and 24 sleep.
In the morning arrives the group of Mrs. Germain: Little After The departure from Clermont, it à Could, Thanks To 1 ‘ hitchhike ‘, ride in various military trucks which, in 18 hours, make him do the Hundred Of kilometres, not without emotion. An enemy plane, in particular, To Stung on the group of trucks fortunately did not Shot.
We see HappensR Also The son of Mrs. Grauer, coming from Paris bicycle, and the Brother Of Mrs. Germain, who is coming up After Eight days of walking; We host the latter, quite tired.
And anguish believes in Mrs. Aron’s group: Will he be a prisoner Clermont, whose Germans must Be Good pros?
We continue to hear the cannon.
The service of our daughters school is suspended, Miss Goumy not wanting to see it circulate in the streets or the enemy may appear of a moment To the other; Children are not allowed to leave the barns except to fetch the milk.
All Crocq waiting…
Meanwhile, Clermont, the exams finally end; They are well-succeeded, and it is meritorious because of the conditions: There are Had alert in the middle of theAfternoon, and we know that the enemy is a few kilometres.
He is now to leave, if possible: No one advises, the roads are no longer safe, and no means of transport can Be Considered. Too bad, we’ll leave To Foot tonight, come what can!
Mrs. Aron makes the final races, makes a schematic map of the possible routes, gives Appointment For the start To 20 hours, place Jaude, to the four candidates, augmented by Olga Lourié who, having lost her place and panicked, came; She too, imploring her return To Crocq.
At the rendezvous, Olga misses: We leave without her in the dark night. à 4 kilometres, the group to the Chance to find a military truck that will to the Court, and agrees to charge it. He The leash To Giat, and the group is To Foot the last 12 kilometres ; He arrives at the barns To 4:00 in the morning…

Phew!
On 20 June
The meeting causes a slight relief in anguish.
But the war is To Our doors: Létrade, Aubusson are bombarded; There are of the victims; The barrel tons all day.
Any exit is prohibited for children without a written order from the management; In the field Even, all must remain in sight of the house; The children have no desire to go out.
The refugees stopped meals at the barns, the school canteen being installed to receive them all; We only keep the baby’s mom. 22 people are still sleeping.
Refueling becomes difficult: grocers are robbed by refugees; Fortunately, we have planned, and we are doing it. He is naturally no longer a matter of receiving ordered foodstuffs, potatoes or jams.
And he stays in the crate… The personal money of the directors… The Also, re-entry is problematic; It is not Even No longer possible to use The sums remaining to the account Cheques Postal.
and coal To Pay: We’ll have to sell!
On 21 June
In the rain, Crocq is still waiting.
We have no news, if not contradictory communiqués from different countries.
On 22 June
The armistice talks are continuing, and there seems to be some lull.
Will the miracle happen, Crocq, largely surrounded, will he see himself inviolate?
We wait… To the “market” Ghost, not a Egg, no butter. Fortunately, there is no shortage of milk and bread: it is To Little pros the only refueling possible. We have to start To We ration a little, remove some desserts and Snacks.
And we Start Sell coal to buy us some money The buyers are not lacking, the village being completely private, and no supplies are expected. This will Be A cause of grudge against us, who do not give enough, nor To All!
And then, will we have enough for the winter, if we stay?
On 23 June
Sad Sunday! In the rain, we continue To Wait, and we continue To Know nothing.
On 24 June
Anniversary of the Peace of Versailles in 1919! And we know that the armistice must Be Signed. We give the outline…
Lamentations… What are we going to do? If, as it seems certain, Neuilly is busy, what will become of us? and To Crocq, with the anti-Semitic allure of the school, what will be our position?
The ideas are dark.
And it’s still raining.
We are isolated from the rest of the world: no communications of any kind, no post, no telegraph, no telephone, no newspapers.
We have, by economy, liquidated the gardener; We take care Ourselves From the garden that begins To Well stock, and we are precious as resources in green vegetables, totally lacking in the trade. We have radishes and salads in quantities.
On 25 June
We know the conditions of the armistice…
Day of mourning, according to the request of Marshal Pétain. The director will To A ceremony at the monument to the dead; Afternoon, office the House for our dead. And they all stay home.
For the First Once in some time, we receive mail: three letters before June 10.
For the Last times we have a press release French : We will now only have new Foreign by wireless
On 26 June
Fair, market: No refueling However, for no one came; Barely a few Eggs, a little butter from the country.
And a few more letters.
The 27 June
No refueling, because the traffic of cars is forbidden to clear theBottled Up of the department.
Children remain at the estate, due to congestion of roads (and sadness)
On 28 June
No supplies yet, we live on our supplies.
The end of the month approaches, and the directors ‘ funds draining, like the other
A telegram of more alarm is sent Ms. Kohn… Does it happen ?
We are announced the next payment of school book allowance: He will be welcome!
The exits resume, in a pretty good weather. But advice was given, to avoid any noisy demonstrations.
On 29 June
Mr and Mrs Kohn come back from Toulouse, are greeted with joy and with relief.
And we see Mr. Weil appearing, Father Of our two youngest, always as unobtrusive and unpleasant; We try to ship it elsewhere, because it is cumbersome.
Out of the Scouts.
No refuelling; The menu is not varied Pasta, rice… Rice, Pasta… Fortunately, the meat does not miss, nor the bread although the flour arrives little
On 30 June
Superb weather; General outputs.
to the Following a new incident, the Range, Mrs Dufour, is dismissed; Her help, Jeanne Respondent, is threatened by Even Fate.
Ms. Melloul agreed to take care of the kitchen; She’ll be helped by Mia.
Fortunately, we can train a few days The Regulation Suppliers because the crates are empty, as empty as possible.

And so ends the first semester of TheYear, and the month of June:
— ismEstre of disappointments, of collapses;
-month of Nightmare….
Fn spite of everything, the Refuge To The case, the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Kohn To powerfully contributed); All have shown courage and confidence; The restrictions were Light.
The prices N • have not been significantly altered
. The 1Er July
M. and MMe Kohn leave the Bourboule to see the Rothschild bank; The latter can do nothing, having few availabilities To US but promises to send Soon What she can.
Pauline Ménaché, abandoned by the Alliance, is met by chance the Bourboule, and brought back To Crocq or we take it back from the staff; She will take care Rack and Helpà The Monitoring of Cleaning.
We continue to sell coal to make ends meet… because, by settling the June accounts, the directors have Dü Advance more than 15 000 F of their pocket!
Mr. and Mrs. Aron make the children at night the balance sheet of their First Year of leadership: Eventful year!
On 2 July
A new work programme is set up for the holidays: Workshop morning and evening, a few classes. The large ones are thus occupied; The averages are less, and can play and go out more.
As it is beautiful, these Last are going to flounder in the late.
Without the slightest pleasure, we see the reappearance of Olga Lourié who, having missed the departure of Clermont, à Hanging out a few days with the refugees, and à Ended up joining us. She will soon go unbearable, telling wrong and To Through his prowess of Clermont, and still as unbalanced.
The Fourth of Julyt
A grocer à Reçu Vague provisions: We line up to have almost nothing.
of his Side, Mr. Kohn, on indications Received, VA Auzances (28 km) to search for supplies; It does not report much près Nothing.
Mr. Weil, pèRe Of our youngest, made scandal and Harassment each.
The higher Taste At Miss Goumy’s, To who he à Offered a book.
On 5 July
Pretending to refuel: we find some fresh vegetables Very Dear, and cheeses from St Nectaire; We take it without hesitation.
We receive the value of the school books purchased in the year: 70 francs per child, or 3 000 francs arriving at point.
On the other hand, our coal sales annoy everyone: the favored who want more, the unfavored who protest, admitting that we have to provide To All, and Ourselves whose stock is declining; Fortunately, we can Soon Stop These sales.
On 6 July
Mr. Kohn, who went To Auzances, 2 pieces of soap, 1 liter of oil and boxes of Block ! To Crocq, we can’t find Hardly More.
The small ones looting the still green currant, the Direction, for example, cuts the Branches.
On 7 July
Exits, despite the intermittent rain.
The prefecture, To Who we had written to try to have the refugee allowance Whole (instead of half) responds by a non-receiving end.
We receive from the Charge Leven, To Aid, five thousand francs; And the Rothschild bank sends us six thousand francs…
All this is not heavy; Fortunately, Mrs. Kohn continues to help us.
The 8 July
We can pay the balance of the coal account, and will not sell OfAdvantage.
Mr. Kohn takes authority from the neighbouring farmers the cellar of our house, which they did not want to give up, and which we need for coal and firewood.
On 9 July
Finally, a letter from Mrs Leven quite reassuring about the immediate future!
Mr. Kohn reports an auto shipment, 5 soaps, 2 litres of oil, 10 Blocks ! He is well received.
We have to pay to the Prefecture pros of 500 F for late identification cards; We will then learn that this delay is attributable to the To Of the negligence of the town hall of Crocq.
On 12 July
Heavy rains, Very Costs: There are Seven in the morning.
We’re going to get the coal into the new cellar.
Madame Kohn Dine With us, then we give her a little performance, songs and dance, without costumes.
We arrive to buy beans To Shell and cheeses.
On 13 July
The time has rasséréné; We take the opportunity to make walks, in four groups… A Fifth Take the opportunity to pick up apples in a farm field: Cries and threats…
Mr. Kohn leaves for Toulouse.
For the First Time since the armistice, we receive a letter from France occupied: relief, for all are well anxious of the fate of those whom they have left To Paris or elsewhere.
We are considering the possibility of making certain children To Their families by economy, but thisTurns Very little possible.
On 14 July
Sad Party National!
By order of the Government, it is day of mourning; In the morning, religious office theAfternoonWalks; We are picking lime, raspberries.
At dinner, a little extra dessert shows that it was Party.
On 15 July
A supply truck, which travelled to occupied France and could not go Beyond From the Creuse, we take advantage of green vegetables: We make for a few days a debauchery of tomatoes and beans! There are Long since we had such a windfall!
On 16 July
Fair, Which consists of two stands of shoes: The circulation is difficult, this is explained.
For the Last times we buy a tube of Butagaz: It’s the last one that exists To Crocq, and it will not be long since it is manufactured in a occupied area: it will not pass.
On 17 July
Finally, arrives a letter from Paris and, the great joy of the children, they are allowed to answer; Alas, very few of their letters will arrive, censorship being Very Severe.
In good weather, we’re going to pick raspberries.
On 19 July
Small To Small, by all means our crate fills a little; We have touched the state allowance for refugees, which is pro 12 000 francs, and subsidies of aid to Israelite refugees, 3 350 francs; But the regular funds are still lacking, and it is a hard cause of worries.
On 20 July
Refueling continues To Be of the most precarious; We have not been able to have sugar for a month (fortunately we have planned); and grocers have nothing To Offer.
In the cellar left by the farmers, we find, in the soil, a real field of neglected potatoes… We do not neglect them any longer, it will make two meals appreciated!
On 21 July
He Beautiful, we Prornéne.
Madame Kohn, who goes to Clermont-Ferrand, Volt of the people of the Israelite committee of the City to try to reposition our two large incomes.
Mr. Kohn, back, brings us 40 kg of lentils… Oil Is The Time Oil We bought a hundred kilo bags?
On 22 July
Almost continual rain, new Gribouille, the son of Mrs. Serriére, aTg Five-year-old, taking advantage of it to fall into the farm basin; More fear than evil, fortunately!
The Girl Scouts are very busy with the work they want to try to sell for their caisse: textbooks, photo frames, etc.
The shoppers will be the clients of the workshop and the mistresses.
The Committee is extending our rental of the barns; Extension granted without penalty, for an indefinite period, alas
! Menu: PastaRice; Rice, Pasta…
On 24 July
Reference of Miss Hirtz, taking possession of treats belonging to children. She’s been suspicious for some time.
Pauline Ménaché replaces her as a cleaning supervisor.
On 25 July
For the First Time since her accident on April 10, Louise Zaguedoun, cured of her Burns. Down With her companions; It still works hard.
Like the day before, the Girl Scouts come out by clan: enthusiastic and successful outings, without any hitch.
Visit to Mme de Barasa regarding the renewal of the tenancy; She is very kind but does not want to do the Repairs The most urgent, especially that of the kitchen stove that threatens ruin; She agrees to have the chimneys cleaned and revisited the dilapidated chimneys. In fact, these chimneys will not be affected.

U’axant Last Familie of refugees Hosted Our home Rentve At her house. Except the old Chatnbre Of Mrs Gevmain, all our rooms have resumed their usual destination.
On 26 July
Crocq has been a four-striped, decorative and inactive commander of arms for a month. socalled Responsible for Retugiés and refuelling, Mr. Aron visited him to try to have the urgent refueling, particularly the sugar, by him; He only takes beautiful words.
So we will now leave his office, untila His departure that will pass Inaperqu In about a fortnight.
Mr Kohn reports from Marseille a sensational refuelling: 350 kg of dried vegetables, SO kg of soap, 20 litres of oil; All this was unknown for two months
On 27 July
Induced departure Dune Of our worst boarders, that his pore comes back: Mary Znajdek
. From Clermont, we are confirmed that nothing can be found as a new place for the two who came back last month.
Good weather; We take the opportunity to look for raspberries that will serve as dessert. Our garden always providing useful vegetables.
On 28 July
Sunday is occupied by a small representation for friends of Mrs. Kohn.
On 29 July
Miss Hirtz, who has remained since her dismissal in her room, taking steps, leaves Crocq for Clermont
In Even Time part Clermont, Olga Lourié that we can not keep longer in the midst of our daughters, because of her mental state. She’ll be a maid.
Mr. Kohn is leaving Toulouse.
No supplies, Even No butter orEggs.
Fortunately, the garden gives us Carrots (which are eaten raw by girls), excellent peas, salads in quantity and for which Mr. Kohn’s oil is precious.
We bless the idea of Madame de Rothschild to make us cultivate this garden that will help us all summer and will make us save strength in our refreshments and seasonings.
The flowers of the children do not show yet, despite the desperate watering.
On 30 July
Official opinions recommend that the Israelites not return to the occupied area; We were Hardly decided to return to Neuilly because of the supply: we will stay here!
We start removing the blue from the Windows ; We’ll have to put it back later, for fear of the English!
The school was scheduled to return, it was not held, as the director was busy with the refugees. It doesn’t surprise anyone.
Ms. Kohn Take A group looking for raspberries.
and an accident To A neighboring farm gives us a good-fire pot.
The food cards are illusory: We touch, for the month, 15 kg of sugar, and not a drop of oil; Fortunately, we have some reservations that allow us to see it coming, otherwise it would be very precarious. Fortunately, bread, milk, meat have never missed untila Present, and the garden helps for the vegetables, the neighborhood bushes for desserts; We have not To complain
. On 31 July
Time Very Beautiful, warm; Mrs. Kohn is dating a large group.
The domestic service and the surveillance are undergoing some development, especially for the supervision of the dormitories.
In the face of financial difficulties, a reduction in staff salaries is envisaged.
The letters with the occupied areas are forbidden by the Germans. It is, again, the total absence of news: untila When?

30 some July prizes…
Bread 2, 95 F/kg
Lait . 1.5 per litre
Lenses 7.50 per kilo
Savon 72% 6.95
Kitchen Salt, 2.50
St Nectaire Cheese, 25
œEggs 9 The Dozen
Calf(Roti) 19 per kilo
Potatoes 110 The 100 kg
Sugar, oil.Playing
Butter To Little pros not found.
“Accidents” in cattle were increasingly frequent, as farmers wanted to sell meat despite the card.
As we knew that we were easily taking half a sheep, we were warned that “next night, there will be a hilly sheep” such a farm.
The 1Er August
Mrs. Aron absolutely needs to go To Aubusson to make purchases, the service of car is not restored, and we do not know when it will be.
It will therefore Felletin by the regular bus, l’s Got Aubusson by another car, and came back foot with his load on his back: 27 kilometres ; She arrives at the barns around 11:00 in the evening.
Madame Kohn goes out with the little ones; Girl Scouts play games.
Absolutely no supplies.
On 2 AFall
Organisation of the holiday classes, shared between Mrs Nissim, Miss Buffet, Mrs Grauer
. On 3 August
With some relief, we receive ten thousand francs from Madame leven; Probably do not cover the advances made by management, but at least they allow toBe Some to pay our current debts.
In anticipation of the Power card, which will Be Put into circulation, we buy 25 kg of paCheeses. With difficulty, we are able to obtain seven dozenœuFs.
In superb weather but ChauOf In broad daylight, we go out 40 from 16 H 3 () 22 H 3 (), to dine on the grass of CâTeau of Leyris; The most enjoyable walk through the time and beauty of the site; Back in the middle of the night, full of charm too. The children are enchanted.
On 4 August
We do not hesitate to buy potatoes To 300 Francs The 100 Kg, so much is missing!
And, overjinxed, the milk turns by the big heat; We’ll make some cheese, but it’s not a fix.
Fortunately, our garden offers excellent peas and beans
On 5 August
The milk still turns… heat, and probably also lack of cleanliness of the containers in the farmers, little refined.
On 6 August
To avoid any trouble, we’ll get the milk in the morning.
Mrs. Kohn tries a final step, as useless as the previous ones, With From the commander of arms, for our supplies.
Looking for a shoemaker, that we end up finding To 7 km from Crocq, to assist that of the city which cannot repair our shoes; This second shoemaker will come, he says, if he finds help.
The Aubusson bus service resumes its March three times a week.
Start of holiday classes to the House; Children are Unsatisfied, the days being long and not always Very Filled
On 7 August
Without help, the shoemaker seen the day before comes to take twenty pairs; But it has Hardly Of supplies: We will buy it, leather or rubber.
Before the map, one of the grocers gives us J kg of paYour. He will give many more thereafter, having a huge hidden stock!
On 8 August
Mr. and Mrs. Aron go Aubusson, by the crowded car; They bring in a variety of supplies that are missing To Crocq: Supplies for footwear, waxing, haberdashery, electrical supplies, and pâPatisserie That will be appreciated for its rarity.
For her, Mrs. Kohn reports Shoes, stuffs: All of this was missing!
Time Very Hot; One of the little ones, coming out without a hat in the middle of noon To A beginning of insolation, which, fortunately, will not be serious.
On 9 August
Many refugees the evening religious office, including a Hazen Lorraine that makes this office more alive.
In anticipation of the scarcity of paper, we receive a large order of school supplies, including notebooks, pencils, blotter, cover paper. This will be Very Useful bient6t.
Stormy weather, whichPrevents Not to go out, like every previous day: We play, we pick raspberries.
On 11 August
Mr. and Mrs. Kohn leave To Vichy, leading Mrs. Aron, especially to see Mr. Leven.
Ms. Grauer sees Miss Goumy; She renounces her position as a teacher To School, and will work at the shelter Students Of First Because it sees no future in public education.
A large selection of girls is also planned to send To School at the beginning Because an anti-Semitic movement was drawn at the end of the year, led by Doctor Robin, vexed’not have our Customer. And we’re looking for noise for everything, Even For a Ripe Searched along hedges.
We are Strive To know what’became the building of the BD Of the Saussaye, and write To Parisian personalities for this purpose, through people who return to Paris
On 12 August
Good weather, we go out; Garden work, bean grubbing; Games in the Meadow Neighbor.
On 13 August
Return of Mr. and Mrs. Kohn and of Mrs. Aron; They Have seen Mr. Leven, who could not give anything.
Miss Buffet, on the verge of getting Pans with her fiancé, makes a picnic with 13 children ‘; Re-entry with force shots of solEIL, because no’A PRiS of precaution.
We will start a new method of rewards for averages (8 16 years): Permanent table The right points, with rewards for both First Every fortnight.
For all our tickets of the month, we receive 25 kg of paAnd we can touch 3 kilos of sugar!
On 14 August
Ms. Kohn is considering a reduction in staff to reduce costs; It is definitively decided to remove Miss Dupont; Nobody’eAs To Present to the C.A.P. this year, the drawing is not indispensable at present.
He Nice and warm.
On 15 August
Miss Odette Buffet leaves us, to the great regret of all who appreciated her good humour; His spirit and abilities.
à A special staff meeting, MAdam Kohn talks about the issue Financial, envisages the temporary reduction of the peaks. All of them, of course, accept the principle.
On 17 August
Our last group of refugees (8 people) leaves and can return home. Our house takes up all the Parts, and The Parc Ä autos disappears.
For the principle, a new claim is made to the commander of arms to provide us with essential supplies, including sugar; It will have as many sequels as the Previous.
The I8 August
Presentation Of the first table of good Points; It To Great Success, and proves to be useful.
Our mAterial S’AugLie Of a superb wheelbarrow, which is very useful for shopping, e-grocerst Baker.
On 19 August
It’s the fair… a display of sandals, and This is All
Mrs Aron part CleRmOnt-Ferrand, for V Drive a great, suffering, believed, of a Ulcer Stomach in Even Time Leave two Sisters, returning to their family Cannes; The Elder, Very Intelligent, will be able to continue her studies School. Veissid.
by the Brother From Miss Lachéze, we have some news of the building of Neuilly: It is occupied by refugees French North, under the Monitoring of the authorities French, and seems well maintained.
Finally, we receive 25 000 francs from the Rothschild bank, offered by Baroness Slaurice: Nice gesture of generosity, which comes well To Point.
A leader of scouts, a refugee To Crocq, is interested in our Girl Scouts, and brings them together, she will continue, dedication, but sometimes with some weariness before I ‘ inertia of many of them.
On 20 August
We are trying a new spinach seedling to replace the missing vegetables. The result will not be famous, the cold coming too Early.
Games in neighboring Meadows. à Clermont, our patient is being put under observation.
On 21 August
Mr. and Mrs. Kohn, Mr. and Mrs. Feldblum lunch at the barns, then it is the inevitable Party And the inevitable numbers of Small Of Mrs. Minc.
Violent wind, fine rain Very Unpleasant.
I ‘ Workshop is in full Fever Number of women who want to work Clothes On their close departure.
The Department organizes the return of refugees not The Our, alas!
Madame Aron remains Clermont, awaiting a decision of the doctors on a Operation Possible; We’ll only be fixed in a few days, After Bites and news radios.
Continuation of Meetings Girl Scouts.
On 22 August
Mr. and Mine Kohn leave Crocq, for Marseille; Along the way, never forgetting us, they send us shoes and linen.
mMe Grauer Registers a few children To The school. Fifteen In everything! It is little, but she wants to keep the House the class of the certificate of studies, and shows herself Very Difficult for the reputation of others; The number will be fastMeNT increased… Because the Even Day she has a conditional registrationmThe class of the certificate of study for The case where, going to drive his daughter To Nice, she would not come back!
On 23 August
We arrive To Having, out of stock of a grocer, 100 kg of lentils, 100 kg of beans, 150 kg of pasta at a high price… Refueling returns little To Little.
But the shoes question remains complicated: nothing To Buy new, and repairs Very Difficult due to lack of Materials ; There are About forty pairs à Repair, and the shoemakers keep them for more than a month.
On 24 August
Some stories to the House, Oil The pear trees of the garden are a little too looted from their green fruits by a group of large ones who Left Accuse younger people.
The mayor, distraught by lowering the level of his communal water table, is looking for leaks: there à Five of us, both pipes and taps are obsolete; He’s having them repaired.
On 25 August
Taste offered by Mrs. Grauer’s daughter, who will leave the house to enter the lycée of Nice.
We give the two First Rewards of the table of good Points; These are substantial gifts that are of great interest to those who Regoivent… and other.
On 26 August
He Fact Very Hot; A group will flounder in the late.
à Clermont, radio of the sick; She’s missed, and he Fauclrà The Start over, which delays everything.
On 27 August
Ms. Grauer Prepare Her departure, which she gave only as provisional; Ms. Nissim is talking about returning to an endangered child’s position (there will be no follow-up).
The shoemaker reports a few pairs of repaired shoes; He asks us to obtain, for others, the necessary materials, dissolution, rump, sheepskin, leather… Mrs. Aron will find Clermont.
On 28 August
Purchase of 130 kg of paYour; The supply becomes Possible.
Visit of the constables who come, once again, check the maps of Foreign.
As much as it depends on us, they are in Rule ; But the prefecture is very long send back the Pieces !
à Clermont, new radio.
Miss Dupont RecOit The Committee’s final leave; It will try, by all means, to Hang, to admit that it must Be Recovery To Our return To Neuilly; But this without result.
On 29 August
Departure of Mrs. Grauer, who will not return. We can only regret it, for it à been Very Useful at the shelter, and To Well contributed to Success School.
Mr. Aron Take Aubusson the two First Ranking, sensational reward! He There is no haberdashery. The journey, in a crowded car of FaçWe Implausible, is tiring.
The other children Walking, to the Search for green apples.
We receive from the prefecture four maps ofForeign, for which we had not been able to provide To Little Pros No Room ! What for???
Receipt of a large consignment of notebooks and classroom supplies; The paper will Soon Miss, and you have to have, quickly, everything necessary in view of the school year that will begin. Prices are rising, but There is no need to Procrastinate.
The refueling cards are not yet in force, except for the sugar, which we do not touch any more with the tickets.
On 31 August
Having no precision of the Committee for the staffing, we pay them in full.
For the First Times of the month, we receive 3 litres of oil. In the month we had 4 kg of chocolate, and absolutely no soap.
And here is completed our First Year of Stay To Crocq, our First Year out Key Home.
It ends badly.
Regardless of the worries of all, Due to the Defeat, each is Very Affected by the lack of news of his own.
And then, both for the neighbors and for Ourselves, there was Hardly The Heart To Have fun; We listen to the wireless (too many press releases and music), we Walk, we’re working.
And we à Too much To Think.
The 1September
The Schoolgirls, who come home tomorrow, prepare their affairs; Checking the outfit, the contents of the bags; Distribution of the necessary. In the evening, Mr. Aron connects the beginning of this guestbook, and revives the moving hours of’There are One year; No à Forgotten! Mrs. Aron leaves Clermont for Bandol, where she will meet Mrs. Leven, in order to resolve many urgent issues, including questions Financial. The dry weather lasts: Will we have enough water? The level of the layers drops, and, as often, the mayor is distraught; He’s begging us dthem once a day to save…
On 2 September
Re-entry of Schoolgirls, in superb weather; 23 Go to school, of which of course the class of the certificate of Etud’re. The others are Walking. prohibition on the sale of rice, dried vegetables; They are reserved, they say, for [winter.
On 3 September
A letter from Mrs. Leven reduces the staffing of employees by two thirds; The latter, who will no longer be able to buy the indispensable Clothe, will not remain in these conditions. Mrs. Aron, precisely arriving To Bandol, granted better conditions; Despite a reduction Very Sensitive, the staff agrees to stay, showing a beautiful selflessness and a true attachment to the House. Great attraction the house; There are The Combine to the Nearby Farm: Beautiful work table Country.
On 4 September
Mrs. Germain, by a torrid warmth, made a picnic with the ” seamstresses : 19 participants; Joyful Day in spite of the temperature; We’re not going far. to the House, the small and medium-sized are wiser and calmer than in the presence of the large ones; This is not surprising because it is not the big ones who are observing the discipline best.
On 5 September
Big Heat; The clan leaders and seconds of the Girl Scouts are going to Picnic With the leader. Mrs. Aron returns To Clermont; The patient will not be operated. Our cash flow starts To Be More Regular, whichPrevent Not for laborious months.
On 7 September
Mrs. Aron returns CROCQ, reporting a lot of useful things, including fabrics and haberdashery, leather and soles. She à Left The patientHospital of Clermont. 33
On 9 September
He is difficult to get into a busy area, Even For non-Jews; The sWorksr Of mmE Germain is experiencing it: it is To His second false start.
As for the Jews, they do not pass Hardly That’In fraud, and in Very Small number.
We receive material from Mending of shoes, commissioned by Mrs. Aron.
On 10 September
Return of Madame Kohn;
It makes us sugar, pasta (30 kg) sugar is useful, because we do not have To Crocq, for this month again.
The young Girl Scout leader returns to Paris; It is a pity for our daughters, even though they have done the necessary, by their inertia and their relative good will, to discourage any encouragement.
On 11 September
Fair, there à Nothing interesting, if not some slippers.
The shoemaker finally reports repaired shoes, and carries others that he will repair with the supplies reported from Marseille by us.
The sOer Of Mrs. Germain finally manages to To Go to Paris.
On 12 September
Vime Grauer advises us that it remains Nice; It does not surprise us!
On 13 September
To replace Mrs Grauer, we write to Mrs Crémieu, former teacher of the children of Barasa, friend of Mrs Nissim.
We’re bringing in two new Students The school, in First.
Receiving four ID cards fromForeign : We had asked for more than a year.
On the other hand, the identity cards of the French Are issued the town hall, without any Fix, and almost without Parts.
On 14 September
Still new Students The school is admitted; In this way, the departure of Mrs Grauer is not felt too much: almost all those who, without Fix No trouble, can Attend School, V is now.
Sensational: We can buy 1/2 kg of butter; It v To Long as we had not seen. And we had 15 kg of sugar from Bandol; It’s far, and it’s coming back expensive!
On 15 September
Storm At night; The day is better.
Collection of pine cones in anticipation of winter heating.
On 16 September
The Prefecture Ask for the list of refugees, and the reasons that make them stay. For us, this ThereIs that a state provide, for it cannot Be Question of our return.
The four candidates at the C.A.P. learn, by the chance of reading the newspaper, that they are Received ; They Does will have regular notice that much longer later! In their honor, neat dessert, and gifts
On 17 September
The newspaper not talking about the C.A.P. secretary, we Write To find out if our candidate is Received ; We will learn To Also His Success ; In this way, all of our Students Presented were successful, After A memorable exam.
We have 3 litres of oil: good for salads, which were private.
On 18 September
Crocq’s dentist sends us his note, most exaggerated, asking for immediate payment; For lack of better, we must go through his wishes.
We write to the prefect asking for an additional allocation of soap; No Success ! Fortunately, Thanks To Our foresight and the good care of Mr. Kohn, we still have some time left.
On 19 September
Violent thunderstorm in the morning.
One of Our great gives Serious worries by his deplorable conduct, not hesitating to duck out in the evening by the Window To go appointments!… Threats of serious sanctions, surveillance of GendaRmErie, obligation to spend the night outside…
to the Following complaints, Ms. Dupont decided to bring a mattress and a SomMiEr ; The rest will wait.
Mrs. Crémieu agrees to come, provided her husband accompanies her; It does not seem easy as a dwelling.
On 20 September
Common noises that the refugee allowance should Be Removed, Ms. Leven wrote to the prefect to maintain it; She gets the win, especially since these noises are not all To Accurate.
Faced with the difficulty of lodging Mr. and Mrs. Crémieu, we hire as an outside professor, a refugee, Mr. Marchal, professor at College of Commercy; He will give 10 hours of classes a week to C.A.P. candidates, especially for letters and science. He is shown Very Conscientious, lengthening his hours of presence by both ends, and making himself Very Sympathetic by his good humour.
We were ordering to the Chatelaine the firewood for the winter; She’ll get it for us at the regular price.
We start again To Have toast for diets: small advantage, but Very Significant.
The Workshop continues To Work a lot, for customers about to leave: our seamstresses are known as “in the city”.
On 22 September
Beautiful Sunday, we’re going to the Hazelnut picking, Ripe, the apples that will lighten the evening dessert.
On 23 September
Mr. Marchal is organizing his program; It will come two hours each Afternoon, except Saturdays and Sundays, taking two times the second Year, three times the Third
On 24 September
Rainy Day; About 5:00 a.m. Hurricane; Broken tiles, flooded beds; All this is quickly repaired.
Mrs. Aron leaves for Vichy, OU She will see Mrs. Leven; Long journey, by ordinary means.
First course of Mr. Marchal; Its Students are enchanted.
The director of The’School From Clermont teaches us the success of our candidate Secretary at the C.A.P.
Sensational: We have 600 grams of real coffee, as well as 50 kg of pasta in fraud, and 100 kg of flour.
On 25 September
In Vichy, Mrs. Aron sees Ms. Leven; They are trying to sell securities to buy us money; But this is not an easy thing at the moment.
In Clermont, Mrs Aron à Seen Our patient, always at the Even Point; We continue to examine it and To Don’t know what to do.
On 26 September
Change of feeding cards, to give special sheets for bread, meat, cheese. We do not take any account of these cards, suppliers giving all these foodstuffs without any other limitation than that of their stock; We have bread To Discretion, meat also, especially since butchers have no instruction. And we buy, the day Even, a crate of cheese!
The hollow, poor department, is poorly guarded, and Crocq less Still, To The gap between the railway and the National roads; And, as the commander of arms has evaporated definitively for a few days, everyone does what they want.
On 29 September
Mrs. Aron returns, leaving the patient still To Clermont.
It has oil, soap for all our tickets of the month, supplies for ressemelages. Preparation of the timetable of the C.A.P. and difficult distribution of the study and classrooms.
On 30 September
Start of the C.A.P.
Hes Require a new distribution of home services, increasingly difficult because of the multiple occupations of each.
Fat tickets, de soap appear but are not used OfAdvantage that other To Crocq toa This. The only strict distribution is that of sugar, and There is no of soap.
The month ends in conditions Financial All the more so contrived that the allocation of refugees was not paid, the slip having been lost by the prefecture.
The 1St October
The snow comes with the V ‘ quarter; Light Again, no doubt.
On 2 October
The Israelite Year 5 699 ends with the cold and the rain. The day goes according to the usual occupations, school and work from home.
In the evening, the office of Rosh-Hashana, attended by the Israelites of Crocq; Then New Year’s dinner; We have, as a guest, Miss Haguenau, the daughter of the chief rabbi, a great friend of the house.
On 3 October
A succulent chocolate, Very appreciated, especially by its rarity, begins the year 5700 (He This is a pack of chocolate powder kept preciously for several months because it is now not found.)
Then office in the morning.
After A neat lunch, representation: the obligatory subject of Parts Represented is the C.A.P. and its tribulations; There are Good numbers. Then the weather, back to the beautiful, allows for outdoor games.
We touch, by our cards, 75 kg of pasta, as well as all the sugar of the month. There are Long since we had such a windfall!
We write to the prefect, who will not answer, to increase our ration of soap, which we would like to see carry 1 kg per day; Our cards don’t give us half.
In the meantime, we are halving the amount Of Soap given the laundress; Naturally, the Whiteness dU linen will feel!
On 4 October
GraThis to the hidden stocks of grocers, our 75 kg of pasta is transformed into 200 kg: it is appreciable.
Reception of the Three First Betting cards; They are greeted with joy, in spite of their Brevity.
Permission for the larger to make their toilet After 9 o’clock in the evening is suppressed, because of the din. The house was getting noisy untilAfter Ten o’clock!
On 5 October
Good weather, general release; The averages are shown hunting rifles: they do not know what it is and, because of the opening of the hunt tomorrow, they à Given A duty on this subject.
We receive a command of needles, pins, objects that will scarce (and that the children waste To Wish!).
We’re Ramone. This is very useful, because the chimneys, more than dilapidated, threaten ruin; and coal, Extremely Bad, dirty terribly. It is a coal of the mines of the Centre, despised in normal times, but we are very happy to have now; It is full of stones, gives mâChief And heaps of ashes, smokes…
On 6 October
The garden gives us its last beans.
Walks, distrusting the hunters; A group is 22 kilometres.
We get some coal, no good… due to the forced sales of June, our provision is not sufficient. We’re bringing in three new To The school.
On 7 October
Change in school hours: they are half an hour away (9 am and 1 H 30 To 4:30) In reality, these hours will be as elastic asa The ordinary; The Schoolgirls Often train for half an hour and More In the courtyard, and will return to the House for any hours.
We install the Stoves in the rooms; A furnace is rented for the kitchen, I our becoming more and more dangerous by his Délabrèrent, and Mrs. De Barasa had refused to replace him.
Visit of the Prefecture Police Department we do the general census of the Israelites French and foreigners. As always, we find everything To Done in Rule, at least as long as it depends on us. l
We implore the town hall to’It gives us coal coupons, since Elle a Been rune of the beneficiaries of our enforced generosity of June; She promises to give us a replacement.
On 8 October
We receive the First “Family cards for occupied areas only ten, To get Started, which we give to children most Worry.
What disappointments they will give us, for they shall be returned or destroyed for the slightest futility; To One in four or five will arrive; And yet, what relief when we ReIoCt The ‘ news on both lines tolerated!
Mrs. Aron goes Aubusson, reports some slippers not found pros To Crocq, a little haberdashery (yarn, needles, pins, cotton become precious) and supplies for repairing shoes: The Shoemaker continues to miss, and keeps a month and more our repairs; By the time that becomes less Regularly Beautiful, having the necessary shoes for school or milk becomes a Problem That only resolves by barter and exchange.
The weather, soft, becomes rainy again.
On 9 October
Madame Kohn arrived for two days.
The prefecture calls us at suet D’Olga Lourié who, After Have rolled from place to place, s’s Actually pick up and sits GUéret who’s going toSend Public Assistance from its home department.
We take advantage of the communication to ask for an extra allowance of nothing soap To IspRe, the Prefecture Said which has no available. Fortunately, our provision allows us to hold, with the Reductions Do the laundress.
And we buy Crocq 6 kg of soap, 6 packs of coffee, 3 litres of oil… it’s not much! Family cards can be widely distributed.
On 10 October
Mrs. Kohn, who à Got a special permission to travel by car, two days a week, to supply us, try without big Success To get along with grocers who can carry a bounty but not the grocery store…
We are sending powers to Mrs. Crémieux, Secretary Of the Committee, to take care of and maintain our house in Neuilly.
On 11 October
Eve of Yom Kippur
Abrupt, and useful enrichment of the Caisse: we touch on the one hand the allowances of refugees ofAugust And September, on the other hand 20 000 francs of Madame Leven, Near Of 43 000 for this day; A significant part fills the deficit…
Ignorant if Mr. Marchal, who is traveling, will return, we summon Mrs. Crémieu, who à Asked to come alone.
à 5:30, dinner, then Ms. Nissim’s chat about the meaning of Yom Kippur.
and general sex early.
On 12 October
Kippur; Many small and medium-sized ones would like to Fast ; You need a strict list to Prevent Those who could not bear it; We send Even To School the ones we don’t Want not see Fast.
For the most part, the others support it well.
4 offices in the daytime, commented by Mrs Nissim
At the end of the day, copious dinner, without restriction irony… We receive this day 200 kg of jams, which are welcome.
On 13 October
Beautiful Sunday; Walking exit; A group will take news of the Shoemaker, who à Well of the trouble to procure yarn, needles, nails! The shoe question is becoming more and more critical with approaching the bad season.
On 14 October
To avoid continual discussions, the kitchen team’s leave and outings are settled.
It has been increasingly difficult since almost all of the Students follows courses; In addition, the milk service is more difficult because you have to go to a farm that is quite remote from the others, Naberon, to compensate for the failure of one of the Farm Usual.
Some class changes at school, to advance: most of our daughters are good Schoolgirls, and the reputation of the Refuge is excellent this year, To The school.
We start the installation of the Succah, in the trees in front of the house.
On 16 October
The tent is installed, with the possible fruit: it is picturesque.
He becomes increasingly impossible for the Israelites to think To Back into the occupied area. Nonetheless, the First Reactions of non-Jews are Very Favourable to the Israelites, in the occupied area as in the Free zone: if the official anti-Semitism grows, it decreases clearly in the people.
In Crocq, the Refuge has never been so quiet for months, and the people of the village leave it absolutely calm, are Very Courteous.
On 17 October
Succah ; The weather is gray.
The 8 best of the House have lunch under the Succah with Madame Aron, with a neat menu.
Some walks theAfternoon, but still incidents of pilferage of apples, committed by large ones who do not hold Hardly The prudent advice given to them because of the time (not to mention theHonesty)
On 18 October
The beautiful weather still allows a lunch under the SOUCCOth For a second team.
In the evening, reading an indignant assembly of the preamble to the status of Jews… Get là, in France! We a Yet the hope that it IfMeasures imposed by the winner who occupies the territory, and then it will be reduced.
Public opinion remains in favour of the Jews.
On 19 October
The status of the Jews is published: What a test in all our families, Ou We find affected members everywhere, put on the pavement!
The Desolation Reign All over the house.
One of our poorest residents is wanted by his family; This is not enough To compensate for our sadness.
On 20 October
Oil is lacking: on the orders of the Government, all the Schoolgirls Go in search of the faint ofwhere We’ll get them out! Pitiful result: the faint ones are Breakfastà Rotten, and the children are not interested.
On 21 October
The instructors who asked for meat and vegetables to be served together, a timekeeping shows that some tables finish their two separate dishes in 4 minutes! The proposal is therefore rejected… The meals must last at least 20 minutes.
On 22 October
One of the grocers of Crocq, who has, in the knowledge of each, large stocks, begins To Fear of requisitions at home: He proposes us food, and we accept them without hesitation.
We buy from him, for the month, 500 kg of paTES (All our cards give us barely 30 kg…) and 50 kg of beans, of which we were quite destitute.
This purchase, and those we will do Even Every month for some time, seriously facilitates our refueling; No doubt, the pasta will often appear on the tables (up to once a day) but they exist, and currently it counts!
Heavy thunderstorm; The SUCCAH has been abandoned for meals in the last few days.
On 23 October
Last day of Succot, last meal under the souCksa; About thirty children had lunch there, chosen among the best.
Cleaning; We Take The Blue of Windows… il will have to hand it over Soon, in higher order, this time for fear of the English! For now, this fear seems quite futile!
An educational conference for Maltes Gives leave to Schoolgirls : We will do some workshop work, somewhat late To Cause of Succot.
A used boiler tinkering with fleeing cauldrons, and tinkering them badly.
On 24 October
The Refuge awaits the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Leven, Mr. and Mrs. Kohn; The first ones arrive To 11 am, lunch with us; The last ones arrive at about 4:00.
Discussion of the situation Financial Especially: The cash flow is difficult because the money and the landlords are mostly in the occupied area; On the other hand, the exits abound, with the price of everything; However, management manages to increase only in a proportion Very Spending in previous years is low.
The Committee is doing its best to make it a little more comfortable To Our cash, and to ensure the ends of months.
We’re also discussing a trip to Neuilly, if heTurns Possible, to see the condition of the building of which we know very little. The Committee is of the opinion that this trip is To Little Pros _ Impossible, and that it must taExpensive to interest To The building of some inhabitants of the occupied area; And we will do the impossible to be occupied by an administration untila Our return.
Mr. Kohn offers us 3 tons of potatoes, a princely and appreciated gift; This Complete Our Paand will complete them for months; We will know the diet pasta-potatoes, potatoes-paYour.
But that does not Prevents Not to take potatoes every time a peasant will offer us, because it is predicted for winter.
Arrival of Mrs. Crémieu, who takes the first floor room that Mrs. Germain had had, and then the refugees.
It will take care of the studies of Schoolgirls, in the evening, and some courtyards home for the big.
Mr. and Mrs. Leven leave To 5:00.
On 25 October
Mr. and Mrs. Kohn leave for Vichy, taking Mrs. Aron
On 26 October
Arrival of 3 tons of potatoes, accompanied by 100 kg of lentils.
The prefecture is charging us new rights for some of our Foreign, because it cannot correspond with the Police prefecture which we had paid them; We havea Execute us.
On 27 October
Jelly at night, cold day; We have to light the fire at the workshop.
Walking out with a few groups.
Buying family cards, consumption is great.
On 28 October
The cold persists, it is necessary to light To The infirmary, the workshop.
The political situation between France and Germany seems to be moving towards agreement talks, we are repercussions in the form of the arrival of many family cards addressed to children; Most of the previous ones did not arrive To Destination.
On 29 October
He Is still cold: we take the opportunity to make a general test of the Stoves and Boilers.
On 30 October
Return of Mrs. Aron, who Back lA sick of Clermont-Ferrand; For this one, the doctors see no reason for surgery, the patient being mostly nervous.
We’ll take care of the house, or ELle Installs To The infirmary.
He Cold, but sweet.
Ms. Aron reported several Parts Fabric, laundry, things that were totally lacking.
We refuse a farmer of the potatoes 190 F.
On 31 October
Good weather; A group of 35 children made, between 1 a.m. Y8 p.m., a Walk To Giat (26 km).
We take advantage of it for purchases, haberdashery, fabrics and miscellaneous items, in a department store in the village. We report Even of the Pastry.
Since October 20, we have, in addition to the general feeding card, special cards for bread (according to categories), meat “cheese, oil, butter, fat.
à Crocq, only of all these cards, the oil card will be used From Right now.
A special non-skimmed milk card (3/4 litre up to 6 years, then 1/4 toa 14 years, nothing then, will serve nothing; We continue to have everything we ask, without a map, by our usual farmers.
With the general map, we have with tickets the sugar (No 2, 500 gr), the coffee (No 3, 300 gr); No rice, no dry vegetables, no soap maLgRe-tickets. On the other hand, no difficulty for the Pates.
Some October prices
Pain 2,95 per Kg
BoEuf Bread 20
Veal Roti 20
Beef Liver 7
Oil 13 per litre peanut
Dry White beans 12
Café 42
Carrots 3.50
Potatoes 126 a 140 per 100 kg
Gruyère 26 per kilo
Chocolate Tablets-Snack 24
Plum Jams at apples 8
Butter
Non-skimmed milk 1.50 per litre
Bleach 1.90
1.50 Electric Light Bulbs 15W- 9.50
Electric Light Bulbs 25 W-10
Light Electrical 2.54 The kw h
Glass Tiles Window (27 x 48) 6.45
The 1November St
We finally managed to To Have her Mother The worst of our residents, S. KL, thief, runner, amoral; As it is Foreign, we do the steps to get her out as soon as possible (gendarmerie passes).
By doing research to the Council, we find that most reminders and fines incurred for delay of Parts of identity are due to the Negligence of Miss Goumy, secretary of the town Hall, who did not convey the Parts In good time! Of course, there is no question of recovering these fines..
He Rain: Board Games To The interior to occupy the holiday of Toussaint.
On 2 November
As the greatest diligence has been done, we are getting rid of the undesirable, which Mrs. Aron will accompany untila Vichy (She’s going To Marseille).
C’is a serious relief, for she ran all GarOns From the neighborhood!
Walks, in grey weather, to continue the leave
On 3 November
Return of Mrs. Aron, as well as of Mrs. Nissim, who à Summer Marseille prepare for the return to America of two of our StudentsRefugee.
On 4 November
Semblance of a fair, with three stalls.
On 5 November
We continue ignoring the restrictions except on soap and chocolate (we have some provisions yet, fortunately); And the cards are little used.
We can put a little canned butter, having more than we need without a card, of course.
He Is hard to get the haberdashery.
And it is hard, but not catastrophic, to decide the pharmacist To Send his note, which we would not like to have in Even Time as the big year-end expenses!
But we will not have it now or at the end of the year!! Large cleaning of the soot-laden furnace.
On 7 November
Ms. Crémieu, in addition to her occupations, organizes a weekly calculation rehearsal for the certificate class; This rehearsal is greeted with joy by the beneficiaries, generally studious and having few provisions.
and Mrs. Nissim takes over a religious instruction course in preparation To Initiation.
A lot of shoes comes back from repairs… sign of the Times, it becomes a sensational fact, worthy of appearing in the guestbook.
On 9 November
Mrs. Aron will To Aubusson, in particular to make aware of our insurances the representative of our Paris company, and to give him the accident record of our Burned OfThere are A few months.
Various purchases, of course, including waxing which becomes a commodity Very Rare. And also pharmacy, because the one in Crocq is well Irregularly Provided.
The weather keeps itself soft and beautiful; Children can play outside, in the small wood, to the Swing.
On 11 November
This was the Party Of the Armistice, it is no more than a day of mourning.
The children will, with the school, gather at the Monument to the dead; To This occasion, the berets are handed over, which go more or less on Heads Magnified.
Due to the decrease of the day, the sunrise is fixed To 7:30 p.m.: This will force the Schoolgirls To Do not FlâNer. As all make their toilets in the evening, it is feasible.
Due to the unjustified claims of the Sub-prefecture About identity card applications Almost always, we are not responsible for the reproaches that are made to us.
On 12 November
As usual, we receive in Even The time of Mrs. Leven’s subsidies and the refugee allowance.
This Last is about 13 000 francs, and is only half of what it should Be.
We receive 120 kg of jams from our usual supplier, and cheeses, without a card.
On 14 November
Mrs. Aron will To Aubusson, Buy A Stove For Ms. Crémieu: This is our Fourteenth Home heating instrument, not to mention electric radiators.
That is to say that the ignitions of fires, the little wood, the Logs, Coal gives occupation!
The attempt to take a large number of Girl Scout candidates who have given poor results (many see in the section only an opportunity for extra games and outings, but do not admit any scouting duties), a new essay is done with Small number, some twenty of the best.
On 15 November
The temperature drops to around zero; Good weather.
Grace The Giat fair, we get 60 dozen ofœEggs.
On 16 November
Bed slats, poorly conditioned, break fast; We are looking for other To The factory for repairs.
On 17 November
Meeting of the Girl Scout section; The arrangements are good. No exits To Cause of the wind.
On 18 November
Nice frosty weather. Firewood, ordered To Madame de Barasa, is delivered to us To Point; The provision was la, little exhausted pros, and you have to start To Light.
Meeting of the instructors, as every Monday; Mrs. Aron recalls their homework, forgotten by some.
On 19 November
We are cutting firewood, which can Be Used now.
We receive from Mrs Dalsace, from Vichy, 3 reels of yarn… we had no more for the workshop… and Cotton To Embroidery: Great wealth because it is not found throughout our region. And the girls, who do not easily realize the difficulties, constantly waste, despite all the objurgations.
On 20 November
Because of the disturbance, the toilet of the large After Nine o’clock in the evening is no longer allowed.
On 21 November
Mrs. Nissim will To Guéret, to deal with the case of two czechoslovaks that are being put into concentration camps because of the government’s agreements with the Germans (Berthe Lazarovitch and Elza Theumannova).
Filling of benchess that have become well flat and dusty in 14 months. The neighbouring farm gives us 100 bales of straw, which the large will quickly enter into the envelopes.
The power cards are complicated; We start To Have a collection that’s going to grow.
And what work to dissect them, know what to take for butter (only 25 gr), Oil (25 and 10), fat (5) etc. They should be cut out by the suppliers, but because of our number, they are asking us to do the work. For bread, meat, we give our cards Whole, and we are delivered without taking into account the number of cards.
On 22 November
At Guéret, Mrs. Nissim is Very Frightened of what is told to him by the commander of arms, who seems to demand almost the coming of the director, and seems to him Very ill-prepared To Our regard.
She takes advantage of her stay to go to the prefecture, see or are the files of Foreign.
Essay of chatting to the big, evening, on subjects of their âGe ; It will take Soon Give it up because of their without Gene And the rudeness of some who do not admit thatThere are A limit between the rights of discussion and respect Dü to the Director.
We receive the books we ordered for the Schoolgirls ; Alas, Soon A notable part will Be Implementation To The index because printed by a publishing house on the left!
These books were however Very Interesting and well-made, but contained authors who do not like the Pétain regime.
As for the unnecessary costs imposed on families, no one à Cure.
On 23 November
Mrs. Nissim returns from Guéret, Very Pessimistic: FromAfter It, our czechoslovaks would be put into concentration camp From Their 18 years… The Refuge would be Very Poorly seen…
Excellent Sanitary Condition: There is, the infirmary only the former hospitalized in Clermont; She stays there permanently, mostly sick of nerves, it seems
On 24 November
Beautiful Sunday, cold, the courageous make a walk out; But I lack shoes in good condition Stop it A lot.
On 25 November
Some changes in staff occupations: Ms. Nissim takes TheInfirmary, replacing Miss Van Danzig, Very Unsympathetic to the Most children, who pass to repairs and sewing; This Last is not happy with the change.
Pauline Ménaché takes the Sténodactylo, Miss Lachéze is involved in clothing and surveillance, as well as laundering.
On 26 November
Mr. Aron will To Guéret, to see the causes of discontent reported by Ms. Nissim, and to develop various questions the prefecture.
Long journey for 60 km bird flight because you have to leave To 7:00 in the morning to arrive To 5:00 in the evening (and Soon It will be even longer).
Some purchases Montluçon By the way
From The arrival, he sees the commander of weapons, Very Amiable and only wishing to see him to meet the director of the Refuge. The following steps are given to avoid the departure of the Czechoslovaks; The offices provide other information relevant to the Foreign, with the utmost kindness.
Excellent reception also the prefecture, or it is said that the Refuge has not at all bad press. In the service of foreigners, we look for lost files, we explain the delays we lament; We are advised not to liquidate the large ones, contrary to what had been said by Mrs Nissim; We only insist that we don’t keep families Whole.
On 27 November
Mr. Aron continues his visits to the Prefecture..
— in the service of refugees, to bring Paris back two Students Demanded by their parents: nothing to do by the ways Regular, the Red Cross should be addressed
-To Served withHygiene To have soap: The Inspector See Us Crocq
At thePublic Assistance, to bring a pupil into his department: this will Be Fact
, To I’Ofice Investment, for some of our large: Nothing to be silent, the Creuse only makes agricultural investment, only deals with the French, and DecLe that the Israelites are not farmers
. à The Compensation Fund, for various information.
After Be Go to our book supplier and fOurnitures, Mr. Aron resumed the train To 11 H. Made a few purchases by the way To MOntluçon Laces. Under-Hands, haberdashery, etc.) and goes To Crocq in the night.
The worry Caused By the impressions of Mrs. Nissim is Dissipated.
On 28 November
Weighing and measurement of children; Almost all, since the previous March, To Grown from 3 To 4 Em, weighted by 1 3 kg; Good results with the diet that is not Not perfect! To The school, the Students Knit for Soldiers Prisoners.
On 29 November
New Test of Meeting Chat with the gRands; The tone continues To ThereBe Not satisfactory, and these Meetings Will not be continued for the time being.
You Receive Of coal, not without difficulty, to replace somewhat what we à Took vEndre in June.
On 30 November
The month ends cold: -7’
The supply continues this month To Do not Be vArié: Rice, dried vegetables are blocked in order to TheWinter; lThe diet is, most often, rice or potatoes. NOU finish Little To Little of our small reserves of Vegetables Dry.
On 1st December
The Cold AugmEnte -9 But it’s dry.
We distribute the blankets, which each gives, at least, 3 blankets and the foot cover.
On 2 December
He Fact -11
By this cold, the fair ESt Existent; 3 displays in all.
This cold, in good weather, will soften the 3 and 4 DisappointingMbRe.
On 5 December
He Thaws, and it’s raining.
The Schoolgirls Occupy their Thursday work, To The school, for the prisoners.
The period being more stable, we resume sending the Mail on Thursday, not at any time. Moreover, the arrival of the mail is the most Irregular, especially Regions Occupied; “Family cards” disappear along the way, for more than two-thirds. And, if the area occupied the free zone, the wording is fairly free, in the other direction the surveillance is of the most Severe and Number Of Cards come back for the slightest word irregular.
On 6 December
Mild, rainy weather; Violent wind.
Staff meeting to fix the house work, and develop the Role of each.
It’s not easy, but, GrâThis At the goodwill of all, the agreement is quickly achieved.
On 8 December
The snow is reappearing; Also Sunday is happening to the House.
On 9 December
Rain, thaw.
to the Due to the general ill will, and the incorrectness of some when washing hands before lunch, this one is removed. This provCustomer above all some changes decided at the staff meeting, changes to which children are not accustomed; And the discipline is soon restored.)
We RecomMenCE a Have oil without too much trouble, with the cards.
On 10 December
Hurricane at night; The rooms Soundt mOuillées through the Windows. The thaw continues.
On 11 December
Rain and Snow Alternatives Once again, the cellars are flooded, and can only be accessed in boots.
A lot of shoes arrive repairing, after six weeks… it becomes an event! And many other pairs are in the attic, waiting for an opportunity toBe Sent for repair.
Purchase of family cards, it is a huge consumption because the severity of the Control Postal is such that most are returned or destroyed; This is how the simple fact of putting: “Kisses of Your Daughter” makes deny the transmission of the card… We mustn’t put anything After : “Kisses »… and all To The rider.
It can be admitted that three-quarters of the written cards do not reach their recipient.
In the sense occupied zone free zone, one is less Severe, but many cards get lost.
On 12 December
Mr. and Mrs. Kohn come for 24 hours, and find that we feed better To Crocq thata Marseille…
Mr. Kohn is happy to offer a slice of butter! and Mrs. Kohn enjoys the light heating of the house!
We’re still working To The school for the prisoners.
On 13 December
Departure of Mr. and Mrs. Kohn.
The water faucet is repaired from the Boiler ; And the repairs of punctured pipes continue as much as the plumber wants to do, and as much as he à of welding: He has just tried To Done by melting tin spoons, but the result was not shiny.
On 14 December
Cold weather, but splendid; With some courageous pavements, 15 km walk.
He is difficult to organize collective outings, both the good shoes soundt Insufficient.
On 15 December
Awful weather, ice in the morning, then thaw.
The Germans asking for the opening of the Safes dE Paris, Mr. Aron asks to go To Paris to open hers; The request will be refused because of an Israelite.
On 17 December
The thaw continues.
Mrs. Aron will To Aubusson, try dE Find objects for BeClients ; Crocq has long been emptied of everything that is possible.
On 18 December
à The opportunity to Christmas, it is allocated 100 grams of rice per person: Sensational event, because the sale of rice was banned for three months. This rice, once so despised, will appear on the table, accompanying a blanquette, as an extraordinary feast.
On 20 December
Snow reappearance.
One of our greats, before leaving as typist, accepts a place on a nearby farm to obtain some resources; She’s a brave woman, whom we’ll often see again.
On 21 December
The prefecture gives us 50 litres of gas to go to the oculist Guéret; We had the possibility of the Carrazé bus, but it did not have the necessary fuel…
Fair… It consists, in all and for everything, of the pâTissier, who will not come back often.
Start of New Year’s Day school holidays Tree of Christmas of the school; each Student A small object, delicacy or object made by the Boys ; From the rest, girls, from their Side, have made objects for the Boys.
On 22 December
He Freezes (-2): Sun, mist, snow. We stay home, the floor is slippery. And the cold is accentuated during the day.

by theHotel, we can have 20 dozenœEggs, more than 15 F a dozen. It’s expensive, but rare right now. The Workshop To A large Customer, both the regulars of the Refuge and the Crocq, chatelaine in tèYou.
On 23 December
The cold becomes Very Vivid:-12.
The children do not move from the house; Make mending in the morning and theAfternoon.
Water begins To Freeze in pipes, especially in the toilet, and partly in the lavatory; This forces heavy water transport, especially for the nights.
On 24 December
In Even Evening Time of Hanukkah and to Christmas. The cold is still rising:-14.
We take the opportunity to continue the workshop, or a small advance is not useless with the laundry that begins to wear.
Strenuous work of jelly, in particular to uncork the drain hose from the lavatory, out in the open air, and frozen over a length of more than 60 cm; It is necessary to Near 2 hours of traffic with red-lighted bar, and passage Behind The house, to get there for the day.
and coal is Very Bad, obliging to constantly monitor the Boiler. Diner from Hanukkah.
On 25 December
He Done-17, with all the amenities!
At lunch, distribution of gifts of Hanukkah-ChristmasStrennas; The purchase in à been difficult, for everything is scarce; Fortunately, we a been able to find a hand Very Popular.
We make the general classification of the Children for the year, ofAfter The table of points in particular.
Taste Sumptuous of the twenty First Of this ranking, as well as the best large and small: 28, plus the staff… hot wine, rare treats (for the time, at least)
At school, the children each made a drawing for the ” Christmas of Marshal Pétain “. All of them will receive a thank-you card afterwards.
On 26 December
The cold wave fades:-120; It does Very Beautiful, but we don’t come out much, because we don’t have good shoes.
Purchases for BeClients People from Crocq.
On 27 December
Less cold weather (-80) but humid and unpleasant.
Search for Gifts The Students Of Mr. Marchal will offer him one; They did not learn to leave, and you have to go and get them To 8:00 in the evening!
On 28 December
Grey time, Mild:-2.
We prepare the Party, as in each end of the holiday, and it occupies the day and the following days.
On 30 December
Time Goes on To Warm up.
Purchase of family Cards They Cost Expensive, because most of them come back refused for futile reasons; And it is necessary to leave to the children this semblance of means to correspond with theirs.
On 31 December
The year ends with the ice and then a complete thaw, which allows us to see dmgâTs In the water piping; Large leaks, especially in a cellar or pipe To Burst ; And our ineffable plumber will take a few days before we come to repair, obliging Stop Water a few more days on this conduct. We prepare the BeClients Staff and outside For the latter, especially gendarmes, Postières, these are good liquors, bought in fraud because of quality that is no longer allowed.
And 1940 ends, with us, To Listen to a beautiful program of wireless
Sad year

1941

How does this Third Year of exile?
Morale… He is not famous, because worries are not lacking.
France and its government are in the hands of the Germans, and for us IsElites, 1940 To Show What this means: exception and threat regime constant ,Ban Little absolute pros to circulate, to write, to work.
Almost all of them, at the shelter, have been away from theirs for 16 months and more, and know that the meeting is not close.
The staff lives without comfort, without any real rest, in precarious material conditions, with a work often ungrateful and complicated that it ensures at best.
Children are often bored because distractions are lacking, and no one has great Heart to have fun; The situation irritates them, and the circumstances as well as the restricted and open housing in all winds RelâDisplayed Discipline.
The food is sufficient, we are Very Privileged on this point. Without Doubt the management has to give it some trouble, but the restrictions play little
Bread and meat will, as well as milk: suppliers take the cards at the end of the month without worrying about purchases made.
Oil, sugar, cheese more strictly to the Card, but we get these small amounts enough Regularly ; And we have provisions of sugar and cheese allowing us to consume To Little pros at our leisure.
Potatoes without a card, in large quantities.
Very Little rice, dry vegetables, soap.
Large stores of jams, biscuits, dried fruits (figs, dates, grapes)
Clothing becomes complicated: few haberdashery, pins, few fabrics. The shoe becomes almost a Problem Insoluble, purchase and resoling.
The health is remarkable, the school work satisfying.
The 1January
The year begins in good weather, sweet. Few protocol visits, the directors only go to the mayor who à Always been Very Kind to us. Madame de Barasa has always shown herself indifferent, and the notary ex-adviser general quite hostile. (He à been kind To Our arrival, ignorant that we were Jews).
Distribution of usual gifts (not to children, who have Received For Hanukkah).
The children end up preparing the performance, played theAfternoon : Some well prepared numbers (Snow White…) and campfire numbers, little to the point. From the outside, only Mr. Marchal is invited.
At dinner, Mr. Aron made the point of last year; In particular, he insists on discipline: the effort of the management to leave more freedom did not give the desired results, by the bad will of a large number of large ones who believed all allowed; It is therefore necessary, for 1941, to tighten this discipline somewhat and to restrict the freedoms granted.
On all other points, the Refuge To Overcame all the difficulties of the period.
On 2 January
Snow, wind, Cold (-10).
The milk service becomes painful: we no longer have what we want as shoes, which Prevents Some Students To go there; In addition, last year all the milk was collected to the Closest farm, whereas now it is necessary to look for it in each of the farms, distant from each other.
A Taste brings together the artists of the day before, in order to encourage more children to prepare numbers. 35 Attend this Taste.
On 3 January
Temperature oscillates between — 13 and-8; There are 40 cm of snow, a real blizzard blows, making any exit Very Painful. In the morning, for the return of the classes, only three go to school, kicked, on a track hardly traced; I’AfterAfternoon, Snow plows Being gone, 14 go, Receive A grog on the way home.
A few Very Large are dedicated to go to milk, it takes them 4 hours, with snow to the chest in places. The less courageous mail does not circulate. On the roads, There are 1 m 50 of Snow In some places And the Felletin, which à Wanted to leave, found himself in the snow to the roof.
On 4 January
Cold:-10: Heavy snow persists; The tracks being well plotted, only the small ones do not go To The school. He makes it even sweeter. And the hot drink, Very appreciated, continues Be Served to large milk and Schoolgirls To lEUR return.

The roads being washed out, the broker arrives in the late afternoon. Of course the supply is non-existent, the traders receiving nothing. Finally, there is bread and meat, and we have our reserves.

On 5 January
Snow holds; We spend Sunday at home, in Inner Girl Scout and other meetings.
We receive from Annecy of the canvas for sheets, which is currently precious Ou Any stuff is scarce.
The supply is still non-existent, because the cars circulate little; The mail is in a sledge.
On 6 January
They all go to school.
One of our greats tries to place herself as an inn maid; She will stay there for two days, the work being too hard.
These large,s years, do not realize that EllES cannot, as in the past, leave and earn a living: some experiences of this kind will unfortunately show them the difference.
The bed is advanced by half an hour for the week,-because of the noise made in the evening; The time will be set per week, depending on the result of the previous week.
As for the day of the Kings, no one thinks about it, for there can be no palette in the bakers.
On 7 January
He is a little less cold, fortunately, because you have to make restRictOn coal whose supply decreases in FAçIt is disturbing with our 15 means of heating; and replenishment is unlikely; We cut everyone’s share except for the kitchen and the infirmary. Well, it’s not too cold a The house, and we hold!!
On 9 January
He Cold weather-8 ‘; We don’t go out
Approach the gendarmerie to have a collective pass for our foreigners to go to TheOculist in hardlyt ; No difficulty
. On 10 January
He Milder, but the wind is cold (-2).
An MAmAn application for the return to the occupied area of her two daughters; The mayor, consulted, made a fuss and declared that he could do it.
On 11 January
In splendid weather (3), the greats take a 15 km walk in the snow; C’is tiring because, in places, the trails are barely traced, and the snow is still very thick.
On 12 January
He Nice, colder; New promenade, less tiring, 15 km in the snow, on more passable road: We will revive the shoemaker, who can no longer work, for lack of supplies; It only has Carpenter’s nails, no special thread…
On 14 January
Serious incident of Discipline:
A great, 19-year-old pros (B. Perry), very unruly, very impulsive, decides to make a cake to send her brother, and authority wants to take up the kitchen the necessary instruments, without asking it å anyone. Mrs. Melloul, head of the kitchen, claiming to leave them only with the permission of the management, B. Perry throws herself on her, the claw, takes her to the hair. Mrs. Melloul, who kept her composure and did not retaliate, arrives bloody the direction, decided to leave the house. The student does not show any regrets
And, if this is the first time she has been engaged in such assaults, she is accustomed to ill will and full parasitism.
The management can only record the departure of Mrs. Melloul, and will see the next day Guéret the following give.
We are pleased to receive a few subsidies from the bank because we have been in serious deficit since the end of the year!
We prepare the next day’s departure for Guéret.
On 15 January
Mr., Mrs. Aron and Miss Lachéze will Guéret, present twenty-five children oculist.
We rented a bus, we bought the gas. The weather is sweet, quite beautiful (-2). We had to leave at 7 a.m. At 7:45am, because the bus had not arrived, we Alions Look for him: The slippery snow did not allow him to cross Crocq!
We are leaving anyway, having an appointment with the practitioner 10 am, and the hospital or we Want Have another boarder inspected, the one that was Berck.
Mr. Carrazé, who led the bus, neglected all precautions, despite the warning of departure; It has nothing to prevent the wheels from skating and, on the road that goes up and down, three times the car refuses to continue: we go down, we push, we shoot.
Our bread bag becomes a non-slip, as well as the tarpaulin of the car… a natural of the country finds us, very much, a heap of gravel hidden under the snow… A huge tree that we saw across the road still stops the entrance to Guéret or we arrive at 11 o’clock. While Mrs. Aron is driving the patient to the hospital (Ou It will be kept in observation, then put in the plaster and left for a long time, Mr. Aron leads the others to Oculist, who, taking hardly lunch, will examine them until 6 am, showing satisfaction with his exams proving a beautiful general condition of our IFS Girls. Then all go to the optician to get the necessary glasses.
Mr. Aron takes steps in the prefecture… information for the two sisters claimed in Paris by their more: it has nothing to do here, the mother must address the Red Cross which alone can succeed.
For B. Perry, surrendered the public Assistance that had entrusted to us, if not sent by the prefecture to a special camp or have to find the British subjects since the Armistice. The services will look at the possibilities.
As for a voyage of Mr. Aron Å Neuilly, it is not necessary to count.
Mr. Aron went to the high school hospital to look for equipment he could buy (pots, etc.) and to order other equipment seen on the spot. He This is military equipment, yielded ridiculous prices.
At 6:45am, after finishing with the optician, we leave again to redo the 60 km separating us from Crocq: same mishaps as the go, with the charm of the Night in supplement; This time there are five failures; We end up arriving 10 hours.
On 16 January
The ones that have been Guéret are resting on this quite numbing day. The cold has resumed (-12) Mrs. Melloul leaves the house.
On 17 January
Always cold (-8).
New regulations for butter, which are prohibited from selling elsewhere than at the market, and through an official collector; Of course, there is only the market that we do not find, and for a while, we will have as much as we want elsewhere, without card.
By Mrs Dalsace, we receive from Annecy a parcel of haberdashery welcomed with joy, because it becomes more and more untraceable. We’re touching the refugee allowance in December, which gives us a few days to go.
On 18 January
by Mrs Crémieux, Secretary of the Committee, we receive vague news of our building in Neuilly, still occupied by French refugees… hope that this occupation allows it to be maintained, and not too looted!
Thawing (2); At school, we make tobogganing, the great joy of our daughters.
We send the list of our schoolgirls, to receive the allowance of fees of books (150, 120 and 50 francs according to the class).
On 19 January
Complete thaw, with its procession of slippery mud; Children don’t go out in spite of Sunday.
Pauline Ménaché makes Hebrew classes for future insiders.
On 20 January
5) It is beautiful; We use it to turn off The; Central heating and cleaning the boiler; With the terrible coal that we have, this cleaning is often necessary, because tar and clinker invade everything.
On 21 January
The supply is always complicated: we buy 200 kg of potatoes (5 meals), and our stock runs out. Peasants, although having many, do not want to sell, waiting for the rise; They will eventually have the requisition!
On the other hand, one of the grocers, who is afraid of the requisition, begins to sell his stocks of pasta, and we sell 500 kg (our cards give us right å 25 kg!).
And, this time, there is little cheese, noWorksFS for 15 days because of the cold.
We arrive to deliver 500 kg of coal, useful enough to increase our supply which quickly leaves with the current temperatures.
On 22 January
He Made beautiful, very sweet (-6).
Visit of the departmental hygiene inspector, whom Mr. Aron had Saw Guéret and had invited. He seems satisfied; He promises us 10 kilograms of extra soap, and advises to ask for extra coal. Both will be well received, because it takes the maestria of Miss Lachéze to get to have clothes and clean bodies with what we have soap.
On 23 January
Always soft, moist.
Usual occupations of Thursday: baths, letters, mending; The latter becomes more and more long, because everything wears out and can no longer be replaced; And even, you have to save wire, needles; We get a little bit of rayon, mediocre wire.
He Have to make observations for the table outfit, and ban some classrooms at free hours, also due to heckling.
On 25 January
Butter will, the time being Radouci.. • . This becomes worthy of being narrated in the guestbook!
On 28 January
Again, no refueling: neither WorksFS, no cheese, no alcohol to burn, no albuplast or wadding in pharmacy. If we have a supply of cheese, the rest is very annoying; We get a bit of pharmacy Aubusson, Å Giat, random people who go there. Reception of 120 kg of jams.
On 29 January
Chance, we have 12OeEggs!
On 30 January
Soft, rainy; We’re not going out, the swing is honored. Another dozen eggs… and we touch the soap of the month (10 kg, soap 72 as well as the oil.
On 31 January
He Soft, all the water pipes, after having thawed, have been turned into skimmers because of their dilapidated: in the sink alone, there are 5 leaks!
As Mr. Dubois eventually repaired them, we The’Water all the taps, and draining all over, for the first time in almost a month and a half.
Fortunately the pipes of the kitchen and part of the lavatory did jNever frozen.
Sensational refuelling: Cheese by the Central hotel, as well as 4 dozen eggs: We will soon have enough to make an egg meal!
At the grocer’s, a shipment of apples, mandarins, bananas, mimosa… we throw on each other. Mandarins return 50 cents, bananas (one for two children) 1.50; It is expensive, but indispensable to complete our rational diet.
The 1st’ February
A new kind of honor roll is made “the Illuminating Mind illuminating board Or are Listed those dent all staff are satisfied; They are entitled to certain advantages (bedtime, special outings, possibly special gifts). He Added to the “table of points that has always been very successful with the averages and encourages them to do well; But the last one s’Address a All.
We are still buying 500 kg of pasta, under the same conditions as last month.
Family cards are more and more strictly controlled and refused; Certainly it does not come one in four; It’s sad for the kids. and It ends up being expensive because management does not have the heart to refuse to replace the carWhich did not arrive
Sullen weather, mixture of snow and melted snow. Fortunately, we are able to heat up, despite the bad coal and the obligation to spare it; But what work that maintenance of stoves and boiler
On 3 February
Departure of the two SœTheir mother’s claim; This one. On directions from the direction, the Red Cross addressed itself, which quickly gave satisfaction. Interesting departure, the elder because uninteresting, the younger because very talented: Neuilly, she would have followed higher courses than’She’ll be able to resume Paris.
Naturally, this departure agitates the house, all envious of the aunts who will see theirs again.
The electrician gets his 1940 note set… Poor ElectrIcien, as unskilful as little solid, and most often without material!
On 4 February
The cold resumes,-12; Very abundant snow, we are again blocked, and the small ones do not go to school.
And the pipes are starting to freeze again.
And we start the chore of uncorking the pipes…
And, despite the lack of paper, we use force newspapers stuffing wet shoes, which spend the night on radiators, stoves, stoves, to be little pros wearable the next day.
On 5 February
No Wind, It is nice and less cold (-10) Touyour going to school; But there is no mail, the roads ‘ being still unclear.
On 8 February
Thaw. Mrs. Aron will Aubusson, D’Where she’s reporting some missing pharmacy here.
We get from the prefect the promises of ChausSafe
On 9 February
Superb Sunday, we make mandatory exit in the afternoon, after the forced confinement of the days The central heating is turned off for netcleaning and by economy; Because coal disappears quickly, with this series of colds, and we ignore when and how it will be renewed
In spite of the bread card, we have had discretion until now (41 kg per day instead of 30 which we are barely right). The baker asks us to gradually reduce; We amputate half the evening ration.
On 10 February
Order of 3 tons of potatoes: we reformedçBe quiet for meals!
Sensational: We have dry beans for lunch… dish of choice, view rarity.
On 11 February
We succeed in finding ten dozen’ WorksFS to the baker who kept them for a forbidden pastry! This allows us an omelet at lunch… still dish of choice!
In the kitchen, we almost have a chimney fire, due to pipes and conduits clogged with bad coal products; We’re even a little emotional.
On 12 February
We get from the town hall a voucher of ChaussuSeveral requests, it is little but impossible to To have better.
And the supply is still improving: 15 dozenOeEggs by the hotel; They’re pretty expensive, 15 francs a dozen, but we’re happy to have them.
We advertise the map of clothes and clothing: it will be very inconvenient too.
On 13 February
The boiler is reignited, because the humidity is very painful; It rains, the pros are flooded; And despite our concern for economy, we must be able to resist. The children are also resisting superbly, and the infirmary is hardly empty pros permanently.
On 14 February
We finally receive the second half of the firewood commissioned by Mrs de Barasa, and paid for a long time; It’s happy, because we were almost out of it, and you have to save so much coal! We have it saw immediately, and it will serve well before being dry.
On 15 February
Always better and better in refueling: We receive 1 ton of potatoes on the 3 ordered (the rest will follow); And we have rice for lunch: we must see how it is welcomed now, when it was despised in the past: one does not leave a crumb.
Violent storm at night, large trees are slaughtered in the property… this will give firewood.
The house is in full effervescence… We have just announced the next visit of Rabbi Samuel Klein, chaplain of the youth and the Israelite pathfinders. It will be the first representative of the rabbi who will come Å Crocq.
From the very beginning of our exile, we asked that the rabbis not forget us; Apart from a few letters from Rabbi Meyers, we had nothing. By chance of a match with a Vichy scout, Mr. Aron had been able to get in contact with Mr. Klein who, with a remarkable scouting spirit, immediately made our disposition, and did the impossible to come quickly.
Crazy Joy of children, who will prepare a beautiful house!
And that’s not all: We also announce the very next marriage of Pauline Ménaché, whose fiancé, demobilized, is Å Crocq; The wedding will be here.
So, madness reaches its climax. The seamstresses will make a great dress for the bride.
But will we benefit from the rabbi’s arrival for religious marriage? Complicated questions arise… Will the brides have time to get their papers in order? And will we be able to do minyan? The resources of Crocq in Israelite men are meagre, and are shrinking this day, including fiance, six some, one doubtful… we’ll beat the reminder in the area!
On 16 February
C’Is Sunday, we prepare the arrival of the rabbi: parts, cleaning.
The Great boys of Crocq, unemployed, repeat their exploits last year and come back harassing director and daughters; Fortunately, they will soon start doing some sport. We start having eggs without difficulty.
On 18 February
Light snow and rain, since the day before.
We continue the preparation for the rabbi’s visit all the time.
Departure of two SŒurs, who will try to join their family in America and go to Marseille.
On 19 February
Arrival of the Rabbi Klein; It upsets all the ideas of the children, who were waiting for a very bearded, serious and dogmatic old gentleman… They see a young sportsman beardless, on a bicycle, a scout bag on the back, making the Scout salute, seeming not to want to be called “rabbi”, and smiling.
And soon, it’s enthusiasm! After lunch, that he takes to the refectory like all the other meals he will take Å Crocq, these are meetings… General first, then circle of studies with the big ones. All these meetings are mixed with songs, games launched by him.
An office, very beautiful and very moving in its simplicity, puts us in a religious atmosphere that we’Had not had in a long time. At dinner, a few words say that the Israelites are not badly seen by the majority of the French.
All of the children were able to attend the meetings as the infirmary was completely empty.
In the meantime, serious questions have been studied between the rabbi and the management: Organisation of circles of studies, religious teaching. Valuable information is given.
He Provides us with a timetable, and gives us the address to obtain the Passover them matzos, which we command immediately;
On 20 February
— Cest Thursday, all the children are at home
Mr. Klein began his day with a meeting of the small, then the middle, then the Girl Scouts.
With each, he is remarkable initiator, knowing how to mix the serious and the fun of FAçOne such as’We enjoy his teachings with joy.
After lunch, general meeting, then representation; And the rabbi goes on a bicycle. Everyone is delighted with this short visit, all the children think only on his return close, the management is also delighted, and it seems that Mr. Klein not EmWore bad impression.
He will return the following week for the wedding, because the papers are not yet there, the minyan not More!
Note that this visit causes him an unavailability of more than four days, with the trip.
On 21 February
The papers having arrived, the Ménaché wedding is set Å next Wednesday 26 February. Rabbi V will come, if we can have minyan… Will we have it? By putting things at best, rabbi and fiance understood, we will have Crocq eight participants.
In the meantime, the carpenter comes to rehabilitate our chairs, ruined by the neglect of the children.
The prefect gives an extra 2 tons of coal, which we will not touch anytime soon; But that makes us more comfortable as a provision.
On 22 February
Schoolgirls begin the holiday of MardiGras, which last from Saturday night to Friday morning: This is good for the preparation and celebration of the wedding.
And the preparation is going well, the children being full of enthusiasm, so much because it is a great Party For a sympathetic comrade, that because Qu • on Wait for the rabbi again.
For example, it’s hard to find sensational victuals for the wedding dinner!
Under the circumstances, canned mushrooms will be extraordinary!
The Gendarmerie comes Investigate On the request to send to CampForeign of Bessy Perry. Unfortunately, the conduct of this Last has not improved in a month; We can only conclude the continuation of the application.
The carpenter continues to work.
We’re still getting 700 kilos of potatoes.
On 23 February
Time Very Unpleasant “cold and humid; The infirmary is nonetheless empty.
Continue repeating, å install; Invitations are launched for the Party, in the Crocq.
On 24 February
Mrs Schuhl, from the committee, sends us some kind news.
And the great rabbi of France promises us the them matzos… but it takes the tickets of bread, and 100 g of tickets for 80 g of them matzos; This complicates the order, especially since the value of the tickets changes each month (decreasing).
No doubt it will be necessary to reduce the expected quantity (280 kg). Great joy nevertheless of all, the thought of having even little.
And we managed to train The Minyan for Wednesday, thanks to the brother and Å a cousin of one of the children, whom we bring from the United. We telegraphed to the rabbi that I can come!
Joy and enthusiasm reign in the house, or, without worrying about the cold, the giboulées, the hail, the house is given a festive air.
On 25 February
feverish preparations; The workshop is transformed into a temple: a canopy is erected, with means of fortune, battens of beds sealed in jam buckets; Sheets surround the columns, and, draped artistically, form the roof; Garlands, foliage, emblems… the shelving of the walls disappears under white drapery, also adorned. The lighting is reinforced and embellished.
The refectory becomes a festive room, also white and green.
In the evening, we do the last cleanings inside and outside, and each one is beautiful.
Agitation, preparation of dishes, pastry, crockery completed in town; The kitchen doesn’t chôme, either!
On 26 February
Sensational day, which will remain in the annals of the House: for the first time in 80 years that it exists (and for the only time, no doubt) she will see a wedding unfold in her walls; Religious ceremony, dinner reception…
The weather is splendid.
With much pain, we arrived to bring back from Aubusson white flowers which will be the bouquet of the bride, and the ornaments of the Temple and the table; Mimosa, the only other flower we have been able to obtain, will be on all the tables and among the garlands of the refectory.
At 10 o’clock the rabbi and the parents of the pupil coming for the minyan arrive. Small intimate meeting, and, at 11 o’clock, we go to the town hall for civil marriage: all the staff, and a dozen children represent the Refuge. Mrs. and Mr. Aron are the witnesses.
We return to lunch in the refectory; The honor table, the newlyweds, their family, the directors, the rabbi, and 5 staff members.
Then the refectory is transformed into a theatre. During this time, in the backstage, a drama is played… we no longer minyan… The Melloul son, one of the ten, is in a bad mood, disappeared from his vain Looking for him, finally the combined efforts of his mother, his boss, other people find him: we take to the barns, and we lock in a room… phew!
Then the representation begins, with numerous assistance including one of the members, who had learned our emotions, announces that a traveller who has just arrived at the hotel is Jewish, and will come to give the MiNasrullah; It’s going to be eleven.
very successful representation; All the actresses have surpassed themselves.
The religious ceremony was set at 6 h 1/2, at the request of three “shameful” Jews who wanted to come only at night; The hour rings, they are not ́s : Will they let go, and still prevent the minyan? We go home… they have just returned from work, and only want to come when they have finished their meal (which they did not want to take with us, as they are afraid to be seen); And we wait for an hour! Finally here are the two sons, but the father has renounced to come; The providential traveler still allows to have the ten men (including the young Melloul firmly framed), and the ceremony will be able to begin! He Is PRè8 hours.
This is the first marriage celebrated by the rabbi.
In the midst of a profound emotion, the procession enters the temple, or the whole Refuge is massed. In its simplicity, the arrangement of the room is perfectly successful; The bride has a superb toilet, offered and made by her comrades.
The office, very moved, makes a profound impression on all. Ceremony, chanting, sermon of the Rabbi are made and followed with recollection.
Then it is the feast, in the brilliant refectory: we put, as much as we could, the small dishes in the big ones; All the tables, there’s champagne! All forget the war, to think only of the joys of the hour.
And until 11 o’clock, the big dance.
The rabbi, who had to leave the next day early, slipped away, carrying the gratitude of all. He Hope we’ll see him again Crocq. To all, he gave a revival of religious spirit, and the offices like the religious instruction courses will know a vitality that they had somewhat lost.
On 27 February
The great day has passed; We range, the temple becomes a workshop; And we’re getting ready for school, somewhat neglected these days.
The feast ends with a snack offered, on behalf of the bride and groom, by the management; You can enjoy the ultimate syrups, the ultimate Jealously guarded treats For months and nowhere to be found now.
And we dance until dinner.
Finally, we find a solution for the repair of shoes, which we take care of Clermont-Ferrand. We immediately send 165 pairs of them, which can give an idea of our deprivation, because there are still some thirty pairs in arrears among the various shoemakers in the region, for a long time.
On 28 February
Displaying the second chart of the Scout spirit; He’s very successful, and he’s useful.
For the first time, we are going to have Crocq restriction of bread; Until now, we consumed daily more than 40 kg, while our cards gave us only about 24 kg; We are reduced, to begin with, Å 30 kg; Children, who do not realize the difficulties, or the restrictions actually imposed elsewhere for a long time, lament and consider themselves victims.
Here we eat our hunger; Yet there have been no dry vegetables for two months. But there’s something else!
Alcohol to burn often misses; As for oil, we have not had it for six months; In the event of a lighting failure, we have a good supply of candles, which also become untraceable.

The 1St March
First circle of Religious Studies, organized by one of the greats on the indications of Rabbi Klein; A few incidents with three that Now consider As humiliated to listen to a chat from one of their comrades!
The result is quite satisfactory.
Two small new ones are admitted to the school. One of the children RecIlo A mandate from his parents, from Paris: This is the first since last June.
On 2 March
Beautiful Sunday, some outings. With the Girl Scouts, fire drills, always appreciated. A correspondence, initiated by the rabbi, begins between our Girl Scouts and the section E. I. of Vichy; It will continue, more and more interesting and more and more numerous, for the joy and the great profit of our daughters.
On 3 March
Investigation of the Gendarmerie on our czechoslovaks, once again! No special interest, and no trouble in perspective.
Time turns rain.
On 4 March
Violent Giboulées of snow, rain; We’ll turn the boiler back on. Impossible, for a few days, to find candles; We will not see it any more soon. Since there has been no oil for a long time, people without electricity have to lie down with the hens.
At the barns, fortunately, a provision made for some time will not worry about the many power failures.
A donation of 5 000 francs from Baroness Henri de Rothschild will allow us to lay the groundwork for a loan-of-honor organization for students coming out of the house.
On 6 March
Preparation of festive numbers in anticipation ofm.
We receive a stock of notebooks and machine paper, because ours runs out, and renewal is increasingly difficult.
The shoemaker of Crocq makes us a few repaired pairs; The other of the surroundings renounces all work, for lack of supplies: Clermont arrived point!
On 7 March
Violent giboulées.
The school teachers are satisfied with our daughters, generally superior to the children of the village as good outfit, goodwill and work. Our daughters generally hold the head of the class
Mr. Melloul, ex-husband of our former Cook, proposes to help us as supplies; In fact, it will give us some pieces of soap and a little cheese; But, quickly, we deem it best not to do business with him,
To make the evening office more lively, lSmall are each entrusted with a large one, and part of the prayers is translated into French.
On 9 March
The giboulées continue; We try the first sowing, leeks that will not succeed.
Vague preparation of the Feast of Purim.
The “Mine” of our grocer’s pasta is not very professional exhausted: we will have hardly 100 kg this month (it is still 75 kg more than our ration).
LE 12 March
The laundry is reported to us more and more poorly washed by our laundresses; If we can still, thanks to our reserves, give them good soap 72%, there are only substitutes for laundry; We’re going to have to experiment to find the least bad of these substitutes.
If we continue to have as much milk as we want (25 Å 30 litres per day), our supplier announces 10 litres, which is our official rationlE. Fortunately, this announcement is of pure form.
In the evening, office of Purim.
On 13 March
Purim; We make a chocolate cream, which becomes, with the restrictions, a feast of prizes!
Small party, especially some well-developed dance, and vague campfire numbers poorly represented: after the big effort At theOccasion of the wedding, the preparation of this feast was quite neglected.
The Eggs Are taxes 12 F a dozen; They’re not missing.
On 14 March
Splendid weather:
Mr. Marchal does his course outside, then all play in the garden until dinner.
Very temporary repair of the wireless device by an operator the day before leaving for the regiment, it will not work long!
Two of the small ones, undersupervised by Mrs. MInc, eat leaves and are sick two days
Ms. Aron was absent for a few days, notably to see Ms. Leven and Mr. Kohn.
On 16 March
Time always as beautiful: we can spread the bedding out, and the children are little home. Sunday is occupied by clan outings of the Girl Scouts, games in the Meadows for the others.
Irregular refueling; There is less milk (without card) for now, but it will come back. Eggs Almost no butter.
Some concern for meat (which we always have at will) because, in the vicinity, we begin to be quite deprived. Eventually, one of the butchers will keep it in his fridge.
On 17 March
Still very beautiful, we continue to take out the bedding.
Vague Fair, with three displays where we find a little haberdashery.
The instructors ask for dessert… possible å noon, rather than the evening when the potatoes Stuff. Accepted, especially since the desserts are going to scarce, for lack of finding. We have easy jam, pretty easily biscuits, but the rest is more difficult.
On 19 March
Cold Night (-5), Superb day (20).
Sending reminder letters Some parents who never write a their daughter; In general, it will carry.
On 20 March
The time continues to be superb, 25 children will walk Giat, between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. (25 km). We find less to buy at the department store; No food, little equipment?
Bad coal causes a chimney fire to begin, without a follow-up, in a supervisor: The boiler floods the tar pipes.
On 21 March
Splendid Equinox Day.
We finally receive the insurance refund for a burn of our cooker, but no news of the settlement of last year’s Zaguedoun accident.
In the morning, Mr. Aron accompanies the gendarmerie a pupil who complains about the manners of his PèRe on Exits; Then he goes to the town hall, to be called Subroger tutor of another, whose aunt is appointed guardian under conditions quite vaudevillesques: Really, here, anyone can be named guardian of a child!
On 22 March
The weather continues, the nights are softer. Little exit, but it’s too hot!
Restless night, as a result of big general disturbance Dü A poorly prepared salad; No suite, if not liters of herbal tea, a light meal the next day, and a later sunrise.
Return of Mr. Tiano, husband of Pauline; He can still work Guéret; It is understood that we keep it here, and that it will help the garden; But he’s even more lazy than his beautiful-pèRe, and will do little pros anything during his stay.
We receive from Guéret the second shipment of military equipment, including a kettle of 30 1 Å a ridiculous price, jugs (not found for months), jars of milk, cotton hydrophilic.
The workshop calls for pins, very difficult to find, but too easy to lose.
The prefecture gives us 20 good shoes, but they’re “light” shoes, Enough Insufficient
On 24 March
Leaving the student with a tutor!
We are proud to learn that Miss Meyer, our former social worker, won the Cross of war, well deserved in May 1940.
The chief Rabbi is advising us of the sending of them Matzos (150 kg, but we will get 50 kg more) We pay the water consumption of the city of Crocq: Flat price, because with the leakage of all kinds in all the external and internal piping, this consumption is astronomical to the meter.
On 25 March
Still very beautiful (20)
We continue to have some concern for refueling: is the golden age going to end? We consume 600 to 700 grams per week per person, instead of the 360 g permit; For bread, from 40 a day in February, we passed 26 kilos; And we should not exceed 23.
We receive 840 kg of potatoes. The sale is still free in the department.
On 26 March
We advertise the Chocolate card: it will be an advantage because we have not seen it for three months; We give it a little on our provision, and the slightest taste with a tablet becomes a wonderful event.
A security inspector comes from Guéret, to know our financial resources, and whether we are in charge of the community. We tranquillisons him. He Also tries to chapter B. Perry, telling him that, the public Assistance refusing to take it back, the only possibility of departure is the camp of foreigners.
The only result is a line of insults to the director, at dinner and in the evening.
Return of Mrs. Aron, who saw Mrs. Kohn Å Marseille, then Mrs. Leven, very inert, Å Vichy.
On 27 March
B. Perry comes to declare Direction that she does not want the discipline of the House; She preferred the camp!
Preparation of Passover: We will play Esther in full, with the chorus.
Purchase, without a card, of 170 boxes of cream of Gruyère.
Mrs. Dalsace sends us from Annecy of the haberdashery and the trimmings, that she has obtained much trouble.
Buying family cards… it is ruinous, three quarters do not arrive, and management does not have the courage to leave the children without possible news of their families, and without means to send; Most children RecReceive No money, and of course no stamps from their parents,
The bags of repaired shoes from Clermont return in a very small manner: in five, arrival of the first!
On 28 March
Purchase of 40 pairs of sneakers, which will help to support the lack of shoes.
And we take advantage of the latitude left by the baker for the bread tickets to make provision for “national” biscuits that are Very Edible.
He There is little oil, except olive oil Å 24 F
. Ms. Minc “is interested” Å B. Perry, takes the lead in preventing his departure: The only result will be to excite the bad elements, convinced that one can stand up to the Direction.
On 31 March
After two days of rain, storm with snow; We’re busy with a party rehearsal.
And, to end the month, begins a new episode of the reversed world that we live: it is the children who send their parents many gifts of food; And it’s the parents Quiv Enchanted, warmly thank their child, and implore a new shipment! A real bank office opens up the management, to keep and make use of the sums sent by the parents for this purpose.
In March… Our “Mine” of pasta is dry for now and we will have scarcely, now, only our tickets; Finally, we have restocked more than 1000 kg, and we can continue for a long time our pasta-potato diet!
We have (OeEggs Å profusion, but hardly butter (always without card)
Some March prizes

Eggs 12f The DZ
Pasta 8 per kilo
Pain 3
Potatoes 157 the 100 kg
Meat, Roast, Beef calf 20 kg
Beef Liver 7
Butter 32
Biscuits 19,50
Sugar 7.25
Resoling Shoes 25
Of Sewing 1 Piece
Plastic Master Comb 7