‘Smugglers’ (an extract)

Abstract

SMUGGLERS DEALS WITH THE LIFE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN A small Polish town under German occupation during the First World War. Special laws created by the occupiers completely disrupt the normal life of the people, who lose their jobs and means of income. Poverty and hunger enter the Jewish homes. In order to survive, three coachmen combine to carry food and drink illicitly to war-starved Warsaw. This activity not only gives them an income but prevent local foodstuffs falling into the hands of the Germans. Gradually more and more poor Jews join in the smuggling until the whole township is involved.