Today Janina Pietrasiak and Maria Lopuszanska live like sisters. They … meet daily and help each other out, living alone and are not affluent. Maria’s parents were anti-Nazi underground activists and help sheltered Janina and her mother. Janina’s mother soon died of tuberculosis and 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. During the Warsaw Uprising, the girls had to fend for themselves as Maria's father was sick and her mother was demonstrating against the Nazis. Maria was like a mother to Janina since Janina have lost both of her parents and her sibling committed suicide. In order to recognise Maria and her parents from saving her during WW1, Janina contacted the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem and cash reward was given to Maria to improve her financial situation.
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