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Szpilman ’ s family was lucky to already be living in the ghetto area when the plans were announced.

Other families, living outside the boundaries, had to find new homes within the ghetto ’ s confines.

They had been given just over a month ’ s warning by the notices and many families were forced to pay exorbitant amounts of money for tiny slums in the bad areas of the ghetto.