6. Miejsce, gdzie był dom rodziny Tec - dawna ulica Pijarska

A non-existent house on Pijarska, a street branching off from Krakowskie Przedmieście along modern-day Wróblewskiego Street, was the home of Nechama Tec, née Bawnik, a University of Connecticut Sociology Professor, whose father was a Lublin factory owner. The author of numerous books on the history of the Holocaust and the rescue of hiding Jews, Nechama Tec herself survived the German occupation on the Aryan side along with her parents and sister, which she described in her memoirs Dry Tears. Her daughter, Leora Tec, has founded the Bridge to Poland organisation, which popularises the history of Jews and non-Jews in Poland and connects Jews from the diaspora with circles active in the preservation of local Jewish heritage in Poland. https://bridgetopoland.comWe lived on Pijarska, which was one of the side streets off the most attractive avenue in Lublin, Krakowskie Przedmieście. (...)We had electricity and running water – which in itself was a sign of progress. (...)I liked our quiet and subdued neigborhood, but I also enjoyed visiting other parts of the city. The bustle, the crowding, the loud and varied noises of the old city had a special attraction for me. So did the local market, situated on a slope and covering a vast area, which served as a link between the old and newer parts of Lublin. It was a noisy and wonderfully lively place, overflowing with manufactured goods as well as produce brought in by local farmers driving horsedrawn wagons – milk and cheese and butter, fresh vegetables and fruit, as well as handwoven cloth, wooden shoes, and pottery.Nechama Tec, Dry Tears