SHabes-Hoy

Naybil′shym bahatstvom Leyby Kantolins′koho, vlasnyka nevelykoyi maysterni na okolytsi pol′s′koho Kel′tse, bula yoho sim’ya: druzhyna Rachel′, syn Davyd i dvi malen′ki don′ky – Ryvka i Toybe. Vidyizhdzhayuchy z domu lyshe na kil′ka dniv, vin i podumaty ne mih, scho bachyt′ yich vostannye, tomu scho nastupnoho dnya pochnet′sya viyna, nimtsi okupuyut′ Pol′schu, a yoho ridni scheznut′ v ohni Holokostu. Provoyuvavshy shist′ rokiv v Armiyi Krayoviy, Leyba povertayet′sya do Kel′tse, yake vzhe tsilkom ne te, scho bulo do viyny: iz soroka tysyach yevreyiv, yaki zhyly v misti, v zhyvych zalyshylosya zaledve dvisti osib, budynok Leyby zruynovano, i nema navit′ mohyl, yakym mozhna bulo b poklonytysya. I til′ky zustrich z Petrykom – nimym pol′s′kym chlopchynoyu, yakyy vtratyv bat′kiv u pershyy den′ viyny, povertaye yoho do zhyttya. Vidtodi yichni doli dyvovyzhno pereplitayut′sya. YIm razom dovedet′sya perezhyty lyuds′ku zlobu i dobrotu, radist′ chudesnoho povernennya Ryvky, trahediyu strashnoho pohromu yevreyiv 1946 roku i vidnaydennya novoyi Bat′kivschyny._x005F_x000D_