Museum of the history of polish jews

Aunt Pola and uncle Kazik.

One day in 1943 Zbigniew Zieliński returned from work with a woman - a Jew. To take her from a Ghetto they had to imitate a married couple. Ryszard called her aunt Pola (real name Paulina Berek). For the neighbors she was the mother’s friend, who would stay in Poland for a while. The real problem was to take Paulina’s husband - Kazimierz to live with her on the Aryan side. He had Semitic appearance, so Mr Zbigniew hid him in a box with fabric. Fortunately next day the Bereks were able to be together. The Berek family were so lucky that everyone found living quarters on the Aryan side. But Paulina and Kazimierz’s daughter, Jasia was living with another Polish family. Ryszard had a very important job to do - he had to deliver letters to each other. Now, when he is walking on Piękna street (where Jasia lived) he always looks into the gate where there are still beige cobblestones which remembers the time of war.

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