European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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she could speak only Russian
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because the grandma`s husband
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was not the real grandfather of this child.
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Mrs. Melezyniuk became a widow and then for the second time got married with a Jew,
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they both escaped from the Soviet Union
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and they spoke Russian, especially at home in Vilnius.
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The next thing was the child talked about her grandma and grandpa
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so again we created a story that Irena was my cousin and escaped from Warsaw.
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She was not my cousin, but she escaped from Warsaw.
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It was true she worked in a hospital, was a nurse and had night shifts.
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And that she lived in Vilnius with white Russians -
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we only changed aunts into grandma and grandpa,
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who spoke Russian at home, the child could see her mother very seldom
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and that is the reason why Irena wants to have this child in a different place.
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And the child came, little, angry, crying, almost three year old as it was November, and she was born in December,
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her name was Miriam but she was called Maryśka.
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I do not know if people believed this story or not.
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But after a while Maryśka was liked by most people, especially by Melania.
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Melania used to walk with her to the village.
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Hiding a Jewish couple: Hannah & Arnold Minkowski
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