European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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that is why he was called like that, but his real last name was Mackiewicz, Janek Mackiewicz.
that is why he was called like that, but his real last name was Mackiewicz, Janek Mackiewicz.
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He decided, that he could take them by horse about 100 kilometers to Belarus to the Fedecki family.
He decided, that he could take them by horse about 100 kilometers to Belarus to the Fedecki family.
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They died there by the way.
They died there by the way.
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So one family left our place.
So one family left our place.
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I went to Vilnius, I had a contact spot because I had to get documents for one person
I went to Vilnius, I had a contact spot because I had to get documents for one person
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who was supposed to come to me in Orwidów, take those documents and go, I guess to Warsaw.
who was supposed to come to me in Orwidów, take those documents and go, I guess to Warsaw.
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I went to a lady that I saw once in my life.
I went to a lady that I saw once in my life.
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It was my contact spot.
It was my contact spot.
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She said to me: you can save a child.
She said to me: you can save a child.
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Additionally, I did not like children, they were horrible.
Additionally, I did not like children, they were horrible.
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So there is a story that her friend from Warsaw, not exactly from Warsaw, she was more from Vilnius.
So there is a story that her friend from Warsaw, not exactly from Warsaw, she was more from Vilnius.
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Before the Second World War they took part in some first-aid course.
Before the Second World War they took part in some first-aid course.
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So she had parents in Vilnius and her child, it was a girl who was 3 years old was left at her parents.
So she had parents in Vilnius and her child, it was a girl who was 3 years old was left at her parents.
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She was living in Grodno as her husband was chemistry engineer
She was living in Grodno as her husband was chemistry engineer
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and worked in Grodno in a chemical factory for the Soviet Union
and worked in Grodno in a chemical factory for the Soviet Union
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and when the war broke out, Mr. Józef was deported into the Soviet Union to set up some factories there,
and when the war broke out, Mr. Józef was deported into the Soviet Union to set up some factories there,
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and his wife with the second child, was sent somewhere into Russia.
and his wife with the second child, was sent somewhere into Russia.
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The child had very good papers as my college was Aryan
The child had very good papers as my college was Aryan
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and decided to give her last name and exactly the last name of her husband.
and decided to give her last name and exactly the last name of her husband.
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And the priest, in Vilnius there were 2 priests, so the priest Kretowicz, Chlebowicz,
And the priest, in Vilnius there were 2 priests, so the priest Kretowicz, Chlebowicz,