“I didn’t knew if mum and Jerzy had survived the uprising. From time to time we were hearing some news about terrible things in Kolonia Staszica. I asked one runaway what’s going on there. She said only: There was a fight!” In this time Mrs. Maria’s mother and a group of survivours went across The Pole Mokotowskie and staied near Politechnika Warszawska. There were located in a building of architecture Lwowska street where battalion “Radosław” took in battalion “Odwet”.
“Mum send a link on Twarda who saw my inscription. That’s how my mum could find us.”
Mrs. Maria escaped with her parents, Jerzy and Janka crawling in subway under Jerozolimskie avenue. They got to a flat on father’s friend-Aleksander Janowski. “We didn’t stay there for a long time because this house was also bombed. My mum found one room in a flat in Lwowska street and we were living there to the end of the uprising.” – says Mrs. Maria.
“After the collapse of Warsaw Uprising we set out on a wandering. We had to sidle and thanks to smugglers we got to Reich. Father had a permission for job so we were safe in some way.”
Jetkiewicz family got by to reach Płock. They staied at mother’s brother who had been living there for a long time. He and his family was uprooted and they were living in wooden superstructure on the top of a hen house (two rooms and a kitchen). “ When we got there it turned out that there are 11 poeple!” – laughs Mrs. Maria. Mrs. Maria’s mother forestalled her brother that Janka is Jewesse and asked unless he is afraid. “My uncle was very honourable and said that if his sister could save Jewess child he have to take part in this.” – says Mrs. Maria.
