Janina and Maria meet daily and help each other out. They live alone and are not affluent. Maria’s parents were anti-Nazi underground activists and sheltered Janina and her mother. Janina’s mother died of tuberculosis. Janina clung desperately to her new family. She was baptized to avoid being detected and killed by the Nazis. She gave up the chance to live with an uncle in the United States. During the Warsaw Uprising, the girls had to fend for themselves. Maria's father was sick and her mother was demonstrating against the Nazis. Maria was like a mother to Janina. Janina lost both parents. Her only sibling survived the war but later committed suicide. Both of them suffered from cancer. Maria is a widow. She contacted the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem to recognise Maria and her parents for saving her during WWI. The cash reward can improve Maria’s financial situation.
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