SUMMARY

Today Janina Pietrasiak and Maria Lopuszanska live like sisters. They meet daily and help each other out. Both lives alone and are not affluent. Maria's parents were anti-Nazi underground activist. They sheltered Janina and her mother. Unfortunately, Janina's mother died of tuberculosis. The young Janina clung desperately to her new family. She was baptized to become part of the family to avoid being detected and killed by the Nazis. She gave up the chance on living with her uncle in United States. The girls had to fend for themselves during the Warsaw Uprising and that was when their bond got deeper.Maria's father was sick and her mother was demonstrating against the Nazis. When Janina lost her parents and Maria was like a mother to her at that period. Janina's only sibling survived but then committed suicide. Both suffered from cancer. Janina is separated and Maria became a widow. She contacted the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem to make Maria and her parents recongnised for saving her during the WWI. The cash reward can help Maria on her financial situation.