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or the Jesuit School,

boys were from the Jesuits, girls from the Sisters of Nazareth.

So when the Germans came,

Mucha Zeromska, Namysłowska, Namysłowski and some other people,

were against the Germans, they were plotting against the Germans and those contact spots were exactly at their place.

Sometimes they were seriously at risk, the Namysłowki family asked us to let Zbyszek live at my place together

with his grandma – Mucha`s mother.

Poles, as Poles, had nothing to do with Jews.

It was a new danger.

The fact is the Namysłowki family lived by themselves about fifteen kilometers from us,

in the farm house in Lipówka which belonged to the lawyer Mr. Zagórski.

But they were scared about the child and Mrs. Julia Zeromska and asked to let them live at my place.

So it was an additional couple sitting at my place, very unpredictable especially due to the Germans.

Stefanias fear to be betrayed

People stopped thinking about the origin of this child and where she came from, a child who could not speak Polish.

This child learnt Polish very fast,

Natka took care of her and there were many funny jokes with Maryśka.

But it was very dangerous.

I remember one day, there was one of our workers, she was a cook, drinking a lot,

and she used to run drunk and scream: there is a big Jew who feeds cows and that child must be Jewish, too.