Family Tree From Provincial Poland

Your father is not your father;
Half of your family is not your family.

Do you want to hear more?

During the War, your father was a POW,
Your mother hid a Jew--a lawyer from Lomza.
He stayed a year and had to leave
When neighbors started asking questions.

You are his son.

When your father came back from the POW camp,
He was told you were your aunt's illegitimate son
Your mother took in to protect her sister from shame.

So now you know why your father treated you the way he did.

The new farmhouse built after the War--
And the orchards--was paid from the money
Your Jewish father had left for you.

If you go back to claim it,
Your brothers will kill you.