The next days passed in a blur of activity. Richard and Magda perfected their plan, going through everything several times. On paper it looked good, but he knew it was flimsy at best. Yet it was all they had. And they couldn’t wait, as indications for the beginning of final deportations and closure of the Ghetto were becoming more evident by the day.
Magda delivered the message to Agnieska with precise instructions for Jan to climb across the fence under the cover of night and to hide near the quarantine barracks until Richard picked him up.
Richard had retrieved his Wehrmacht uniform from the woods, and produced an ID card that looked similar enough to the real thing to fool an uninterested Polish sentry.
Agnieska had arranged to be assigned to teach new camp children how to assemble b
