A CARD FROM THE CALENDAR - MARIANNA RUMIN-JACH
The outbreak of the Second World War separated the mother from her daughter. Marianna stayed in Warsaw in August of 1939, when her daughter, Wanda, left for Kielce to vacation with family. Their separation took a heavy toll on them. “I won’t make it without my daughter” – Marianna cried on the shoulder of her brother, Marian. He took a car and, paying no heed to potential dangers, brought Wanda back to the capital. From then on, the mother and daughter were together. “We need to move again, my love” – Marianna announced to her daughter and Wanda figured out that this was no mere change of accommodation, for they always moved with five other people that were not part of their family. Throughout the Nazi occupation period, Marianna Rumin-Jach was helping a Jewish family. Thanks to her, these five people – Stanisław and Zofia Kaszer together with their daughter, mother, and aunt, survived until liberation. After the war, they all emigrated from Poland.
