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A card from the calendar - The Pomorski family
Without a moment of hesitation, Rywka pulled her sister by the sleeve of her coat and walked out of the ghetto with her without looking back. Their courage, bravado and determination prevented anyone from turning them back. They only stopped in the village of Palikije, where the widower Pomorski and four of his sons gave the Giwercer sisters shelter.
05.08.2024A card from the calendar - Antoni Plezia
Before the war, Antoni Plezia had been mayor of the village of Okonim for twelve years. Therefore, responsibility for his people was filling his blood. The war time further strengthened bonds with residents, everyone tried to survive and was helpful and kind to each other.
29.07.2024A 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.
22.07.2024A card from the calendar - Aleksandra i Ludwik Niedzielscy
When Halina visited her parents in the late summer of 1943, she found Niusia, a 10-year-old Jewish girl-daughter, in their flat. A few days earlier, Germans had raised hell for Jews in the area. Niusia’s parents, wanting to protect their own child, hid her with their neighbours
15.07.2024A card from the calendar - Janina Nejman
In 1942, Fr. Sztark was murdered in Słonim for helping Jews, and a year later, as a result of a denunciation, Janina Nejman (Irena’s mother) and her older daughter Wanda were deported to Germany to work as labourers for delivering food to the ghetto. Luckily they survived.
08.07.2024A card from the calendar - Józef Mądry
“We have nothing to lose, we have to run away”, Sara Kuper communicated firmly to her daughter Mira. In October 1942, the two women escaped from the ghetto in Mielec. Before they found their way to Józef Mądry, they arranged for Aryan documents. Józef didn’t know their true origin when Sara and her daughter rented a room from him.
01.07.2024A card from the calendar - Krystyna Moskalik
When Róża Herzer escaped from the Lviv ghetto in November 1942, she knew exactly where she had to go to save her life. Holding false Aryan documents in her hand, Róża knocked on the door of Krystyna Moskalik, a teacher from the village of Sieciechowice.
24.06.2024A card from the calendar - Anna Milczanowska
“You are my friends, when I needed help, you helped me, now you are in need, so I will help you, your origin doesn’t matter here”, said Anna Milczanowska to her recent employer Ms Langdorf. They both fell into each other’s arms.
17.06.2024A card from the calendar - Karolina Marciniec and Bartłomiej Gielarowski
Karolina Kozak lived in Sokołów right next to the school. She was witnessing almost daily the trucking of Jews and Poles to the school yard. She was secretly watching from behind a curtain in the window the tragic events that unfolded in the school yard, once bustling with life, filled with joy and loud laughter of children. Now, the place has become a symbol of massacre.
10.06.2024A card from the calendar - Katarzyna and Antoni Majkut
„Everybody get out”, thundered a Gestapo officer loudly. It was a cold November morning in 1943. Leaves in all shades of gold were paving way to the Majkut’s house. Now heavy, black jackboots marred an intricately woven autumn carpet of leaves. In panic that ensued in the house, Antoni and his older sons managed to escape.
03.06.2024