The author of the article makes an attempt to collocate and consequently show the similarities
in the literary texts aimed at the young reader and the artistic projects connected with the area
of the ghetto. The scholar notices that both literature and architecture use similar motives in
spite of the fact that so diversified culture texts are directed to different age groups. Among
common literary and architectural motives are: emptiness, cellar, limbo and confinement. All
these are set in Martin Heidegger's philosophy oscillating around the symbolism of the flat,
being rooted in tradition, lasting and creating
