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 activists. They sheltered Janina and her mother. Janina mother died of tuberculosis. The young Janina clung desperately to her new family in order to avoid being detected and killed by the Nazis. She gave up the chance to live with an uncle when she was older. 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 the younger Janina. Janina lost her parents and her only sibling. Janina and Maria suffered from cancer. Janina is separated with her husband. Maria is a widow. Janina contacted the 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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