I wrote and signed my will at the Professor’s house, 12 rue Cuvier, Paris 5, but my family’s address is 10a rue des Lions, Paris 4. Before that we used to live at 31 rue de la Harpe, Paris 5, over my father’s shop. That is where our piano is still but it belongs to my mother, not to me, so I cannot leave it to anybody.
Please check everywhere for all our belongings and keep them safe for my family. My papa wrote a will and testament when the war began, so look out for that too. I saw it once in his desk. That’s how I knew the way to write mine.
I know that a testament is also a story. The rest of what I write will be that kind of testament. You can read it if you like but it’s really for Mama, Papa and Nadia, wherever they are. It will explain what I’ve been doing since I last saw them.
That was nearly six weeks ago.
J.A.