Parents going to their friends.

"A curfew was coming. I left home with aunt Pola and uncle Kazik because my parents were at their friend’s house. I and my uncles heard a patter of hobnailed shoes and suddenly a doorbell with the words of a German officer: "mister Zieliński."

Mr Ryszard related dramatically, even now he is describing it with fear in his eyes. Fortunately Mr Kazimierz closed a hiding-place under the windowsill and always the suspicious Germans didn’t find him. After this incident, Zbigniew and Kazimierz had to ‘disappear’ for a couple of days because the Germans might come back soon. After some time, Zieliński with Berek returned home. It was near the date of Mr Kazimierz's birthday. So Ryszard’s parents decided to organize a meeting with all the members of the Berek family. It was as dangerous as rescuing the Jews from the Ghetto. During the meeting they were disputing about a place where they could survive the Warsaw Uprising, about which they were convinced. But Paulina and Kazimierz Berek stayed with the Zielińscy family and at the beginning of August '44 they lost contact with their relatives...