European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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but all people from Orwidów knew she was a person of Jewish origin.
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She used to come every summer to visit her friend, I mean my uncle`s wife.
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He was Aryan.
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They wanted to find out, what happened to my aunt.
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She thought that maybe my aunt was there, she did not know she was deported.
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When finally she found out about it they decided to come back to Warsaw.
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I wanted them to stay but I knew that I was exposing others.
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In this situation I invited all workers to the porch and said: Listen,
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I would like this family to stay but I do not want to make a decision alone because our life is in danger.
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So if nobody says a word it will be good for this family and for us.
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If somebody reveals them living here, he is a bastard,
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maybe it will be a credit for the Germans but we will all have to suffer.
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If somebody reports about it, betrays, then we – all citizens of Orwidów, will be responsible for that.
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So they stayed.
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There were some incidents, moments where we got some signals and they had to leave Orwidów for a few days, that there was some danger.
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We shared everything, ate together, all that we managed to collect, all money was shared.
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During the German times, I used to go to the villages and sell.
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The house was furnished, so I sold duvets, linen, place settings, covers.
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I sold that as we had to live somehow.
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The Zambrowicz family was there but they lived by themselves.
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