Mummy, don’t give me away! Polish and Jewish accounts on the Holocaust

After World War II, Jewish organizations were looking for Jewish children who survived the Holocaust. Some of them were found by their parents or relatives. Sometimes Polish caretakers did not want giving the children back, because the bond between them and rescued children was strong. How many Jewish children survived the Holocaust? How was the moment of parting children with the rescuers after the war? We present Polish and Jewish accounts on the Holocaust from the oral history collection of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
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Interviews: Klara Jackl, Marta Kempa-Kurkiewicz, Joanna Król (researchers), Przemysław Jaczewski (camera operator), Muzeum POLIN (2009-2015);
Directing: Małgorzata Kozera (2017);
Editorial staff: Karolina Dzięciołowska, Artur Królicki, TakTo;
Translation: Andrew Rajcher;
Music: Kevin MacLeod licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0).
// VISUAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FILM //
00:00 Logotype of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews - Polish Righteous Project.
00:05 Black subtitles on a white background.
00:10 Photo: children are sitting on the street in the Warsaw Ghetto, a man with with the star of David on his shoulder is watching them.
00:13 Black subtitles on a white background.
00:32 On the left side is a photo showing a few-years-old Mati Grinberg (Tolek Wajnsztajn) in 1946, on the right sied are black subtitles on a white background.
00:43 Mati Grinberg is talking about his story.
00:50 Photo: several years old Mati Grinberg (Tolek Wajnsztajn) in 1946.
00:57 Mati Grinberg is talking about his story.
01:30 Zoom on the dedication of Mati Grinberg (Tolek Wajnsztajn) to the Bulik family on the back of his photo from 1946.
01:38 Mati Grinberg is talking about his story.
01:50 On the left side is a photo showing Elżunia Asz during the German occupation, on the right side are black subtitels on a white background.
02:02 Andrzej Urbańczyk is talking about the story of his family.
02:06 Photo: Elżunia Asz during the German occupation.
02:10 Andrzej Urbańczyk is talking about the story of his family.
02:15 Photo: Elżunia Asz with a doll in his arms during the German occupation.
02:22 Andrzej Urbańczyk is talking about the story of his family.
02:56 Photo: Elżunia Asz is standing in the garden.
03:08 Andrzej Urbańczyk is talking about the story of his family.
03:31 Photo: Wiktoria Urbańczyk with Elżunia Asz during the German occupation.
03:41 Andrzej Urbańczyk is talking about the story of his family.
03:51 On the left side is a photo showing a few-years-old Elżbieta Ficowska, on the right black side are subtitles on a white background.
04:02 Elżbieta Ficowska is talking about her story.
04:11 Photo: Elżbieta Ficowska during the German occupation.
04:17 Elżbieta Ficowska is talking about her story.
04:25 Photo: a few-years-old Elżbieta Ficowska after the war.
04:33 Elżbieta Ficowska is talking about her story.
05:34 Photo: portrait of Elżbieta Ficowska and Stanisława Bussold taken in Warsaw in the 1960s.
06:04 On the left side is a photo of Sabina Heller during the German occupation, on the right side are black subtitles on a white background.
06:24 Stanisława Roztropowicz is talking about the story of her family.
06:29 Photo: Sabina Heller during the German occupation.
06:39 Stanisława Roztropowicz is talking about the story of her family.
06:43 Photo: a group from Jewish children’s home in Łódź.
06:53 Stanisława Roztropowicz is talking about the story of her family.
06:59 Drawing: flowers from Sabina Heller for Natalia Roztropowicz from 1948.
07:08 Stanisława Roztropowicz is talking about the story of her family.
07:11 Photo: Natalia Roztropowicz and Sabina Heller around 1945.
07:18 Stanisława Roztropowicz is talking about the story of her family.
07:29 Drawing: flowers from Sabina Heller for Natalia Roztropowicz.
07:43 Stanisława Roztropowicz is talking about the story of her family.
07:57 Photo: Zofia Goszczewska and Sabina Heller in Łódź in 1949.
08:04 Stanisława Roztropowicz is talking about the story of her family.
08:09 Black subtitles on a white background.
08:22 Logotype of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews - Polish Righteous Project.
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