Summary

They meet daily and help each other. Both live alone and are not very rich. Maria’s parents were anti-Nazi underground activists who provide shelter for Janina and her mother. Janina’s mother died of tuberculosis. Janina clung desperately to her new family and was baptized to the family to avoid being detected and killed by the Nazis. Janina gave up the chance to live with an uncle. During the war, the girls had to fend for themselves because Maria's father was sick and her mother was demonstrating against the Nazis. Her only sibling survived the war but later committed suicide. Janina was separated from her husband and Maria is a widow. Janina contacted the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem to recognise Maria and her parents for saving her during WWII. The cash reward can improve Maria’s financial situation.

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