“I have nothing to hide,” says Mrs. Maria starting the interview and she lets us record the conversation. We sit in a small, quiet room in Wola district. It is the end of March and there is a snowstorm behind window.
Mrs. Maria Łopuszańska is a charming, elegant, old lady. She immediately gave us cookies and tea and share with us all her experiences, momories. She patiently explained to us the historical circumstances, told us about the details of the tragic events related to World War II.
She refers to the war as a very difficult time but tells about it calmly. Mrs. Maria begins from showing us a medal of Righteous Among the Nations and the Commander’s Cross of the Rebirth of Poland which she was awarded by the President Lech Kaczyński in November 2008. Immediately she adds: “These orders due to mainly my parents. When we were hiding [them] I was not of age, I was about 16. However, the risk of life was the whole family.”
In Poland, as in any other European country, for hiding Jews the punishment was the death of whole family.
The whole Mrs. Maria’s strory is very emotional. We can see that this history is very important for her.
