Today Janina Pietrasiak and Maria Lopuszanska live like sisters. They meet daily and help each other out. Both of them live alone. Janina lives in a modest apartment. Maria’s parents were anti-Nazi underground activists. They sheltered Janina and her mother. Janina’s mother died of tuberculosis. She clung desperately to her new family. She become part of the family to avoid being detected and killed by the Nazis. She gave up the chance to live with an uncle in the United States. During the Warsaw Uprising, the girls fend for themselves. Maria's father was sick and her mother was demonstrating against the Nazis. Maria was like a mother to Janina. Janina lost both parents. Her only sibling survived the war but later committed suicide. Both sisters suffered from cancer. Maria is a breast cancer survivor as well as a widow. Janina is separated. She contacted Yad Vashem Holocaust museum to recognize Maria’s family for saving her during WWI. It help improved Maria’s financial situation. (word count:153)

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