It was easy to forget the reality of Jadwiga’s status, and, knowing her well, loving her, it was difficult to understand the scientific reasoning that, according to the Party, proved Slavs were inferior. For Wanda, it was hard to see inferiority in someone with a heart as good as this Polish girl’s, and her intelligence was undeniable; she’d made Ilse’s mathematics homework an adventure for the young girl; she devoted so much time and patience to teaching Freddy words he could barely pronounce, but which she understood perfectly when he repeated.
