Major Crimes and True Crime

Maria Teresa Bartnik was born in Wołomin, Poland, on March 10, 1931. She was the daughter of Edmund and Irena (née Borysoglebska). She had an older brother, Jerzy. Maria was a Christian.  In 1939, the Nazis invaded Poland. Maria’s family was extremely patriotic and deeply opposed the Nazis. Her father was arrested in late 1939 for partisan activities. He was sent to Stutthof, where he was killed. Maria’s mother and aunt were also a part of the Polish underground. Life was difficult for them during the war, but the family maintained their resistance work.  In the spring of 1943, Maria’s mother and aunt were betrayed and arrested. The two women and their children were sent to prison and investigated. The children (Maria, Jerzy, and their five year old cousin) were released eventually. Their mothers were sent to Auschwitz and murdered. By age twelve, Maria had been orphaned by the Nazis.  In the summer of 1944, the Warsaw Uprising began. Maria and her brother both joined in ...

Malka Zauerman was born in Oświęcim, Poland, in 1935. She was Jewish, the daughter of Mozes and Roza (née Vulkan) Zauerman. Malka was just four years old when the Second World War started and Poland was invaded. Soon after the Nazis arrived, Malka was sent away from her home and forced to live in the Sosnowiec ghetto. Conditions in the ghetto were horrible. On August 1, 1943, a revolt broke out in the Sosnowiec ghetto. As a result, the Nazis liquidated the ghetto and murdered nearly all of the residents. Tragically, Malka was among those murdered. She was sent to Auschwitz and killed in the gas chambers at age eight. May her memory be a blessing.  REMEMBER MALKA ZAUERMAN.  #holocaust #sosnowiec #jewish #wwii #ww2 #history #auschwitz #remembering #history less

This little girl’s first name has been forgotten. Her last name was Langsam, and she was the daughter of Hirsh Langsam. She was born in 1929 in Trzebinia, Poland. Ms. Langsam and her entire family were murdered during the Holocaust. She was killed in Auschwitz in 1942, along with her parents. A friend of her father had this photo of her and submitted it to the archives of Yad Vashem.  Even though her name and her story is not known to us, she was a real person who suffered because of her Jewish religion. She was around thirteen. May her memory be a blessing. ❤️ REMEMBER MS. LANGSAM.  #holocaust #shoah #wwii #ww2 #jewish #neveragain #neverforget #remembering #history less