To Rakvere Town Apartment Rental Commission

Charlotte Koslovsky, domicile
Rakvere, 19 Aia street

Request

My husband, Johannes Koslovsky, has an apartment on 19-4 Aia street in Rakvere under his name. He has been bedridden already for 4 years, suffering from malaise and lung disease, so that he is forced to lie in bed all the time. We take care of 4 children: one-and-a-half-year-old Mathilde, three-year-old Liine, nine-year-old Jurka, fourteen-year-old Fritz. Johannes Koslovsky has been unfit to work for years, so [it is] I [who] am feeding the whole family. I used to pay 28 rubles and 45 kopecks for this apartment. Now my rent is set at 100 rubles, with retroactive payment for November [in the amount of] 71 rubles and 49 kopecks. We have one room and a kitchen at our disposal, but even those are difficult to maintain due to the firewood shortage while snow gets between the walls. I will never be able to pay 100 rubles in rent for this apartment, plus the payment for the month of November. All my earnings are spent on food for the family and children, also heating. Earlier I did receive assistance from the city government, now I receive none. As I will not be able to pay such a high rent under any circumstances, I request the Apartment Rental Commission to lower the rent for this apartment to 30 rubles per month and also cancel the extra payment for November. If possible, please allocate me and my family some cheaper apartment somewhere else.

Ch. Koslovsky
in Rakvere, 7.1.42

[Marginal note]
All Roma* had to leave this building according to the resolution by the city government

Dži ke Foroski Komisija vaš o kherutnipe

Charlotte Koslovsky, bešipasko than
Rakvere, Aia ulica19.

Phučipe

Muro rrom, o Johannes Koslovsky, pe pesko anav istarel jekh stani ande Aia ulica 19-4 ando Rakvere. Vov aba 4 berš pašljol kaj si le depresija thaj nasvalipe po kolin thaj si phanglo ko pato. Amen las sama pe 4 čhavora: jekh thaj dopaš beršengi Mathilde, trine beršengi Liine, enja beršengo Jurka, dešuštar beršengo Fritz. O Johannes Koslovsky kerelas buti sa dži angleder štar berš, thaj vov sas vi dureder jekhutno manuš so pravarelas sa e familija. Me pokinavas 28 rubli thaj 45 kopejki vaš kodo stani. Akana muri renta si 100 rubli, palune pokinimasa kotar o Novembri 71 rubli thaj 49 kopejki. Amen si jekh soba thaj kiravni kote so bešas, numa vi kodo phares šaj te tatol, kaj naj amen kašta tatimaske vi kodo so o jiv del andre maškar e zidura. Me našti te pokinav kadala 100 rubli vaš o stani, thaj o pokinipe vaš o čhon Novembri. Sa mure love so lav avri dav vaš o xabe mure familijake thaj mure čhavorenge, thaj vi tatimaske. Angleder lavas varesavo ažutipe e foroske institucijatar, numa akana či lav khanči. Sostar me našti nisar te pokinav kodi uči kirija, rodav kotar e Komisija vaš o kherutnipe te teljarel i kirija vaš kodo stani pe 30 rubli ko čhon thaj vi te čhinel o pokinibe vaš o čhon Novembri. Te šaj, rodav tumendar muri familija te laden ko aver stano so naj kobor kuč, ko aver than te nakhel.

Ch. Koslovsky
ando Rakvere, 7.1.42

[rigako dohramope]
Sa e Rroma* trubun te džan avral kotar kodo baro kher, sar so phenel i Rezolucija kotar e foroski kancelarija.