A CARD FROM THE CALENDAR - JAN PLEWIK
Janek’s body was still warm when Jadwiga Plewik drew water from the well and washed blood from her son’s body, lying in front of the entrance to their family home. Moments earlier, three Jews hiding in the farm buildings had been shot dead. They were on the threshold of adulthood, Hersztek, Hana and Kuna were between 17 and 20 years old. Jan, who had prepared a hiding place for them, was 32. Jadwiga’s lamentations and pleas to save her son were of no use. Brutally dragged out of the house, Jan was killed in front of his distraught mother. On 9 March 1943, the world ended for Mrs Jadwiga.
