The Story of the Katarzyna Filipek: Poles rescuing Jews - Not just the Ulmas [20/20]

▶ By the end of World War II, Germany had exterminated about six million Polish citizens, the overwhelming majority of whom were ethnic Jews (about 3 million) and ethnic Poles. Thanks to the heroic activity of many inhabitants of the occupied Polish lands, tens of thousands of Polish citizens of Jewish origin were saved. We can say that Katarzyna Filipek from Tokarnia near Rabka twice gave her life for others. How did Katarzyna try to save the lives of both those in hiding and her children❓ What happened to the children after Katarzyna’s death❓📺 WATCH our program and find out more❗ The Story of the five Polish families is presented by Maciej Korkuć from the IPN Historical Research Office in Cracow.
Killed for saving Jews, died to save Kids, The Story of the Katarzyna Filipek, Poles rescuing Jews - Not just the Ulmas
00:00 OPENING CREDITS
00:19 INTRODUCTION
00:45 THE STORY KATARZYNA FILIPEK
📖 Articles and other materials about Poles who saved Jews can be found at the following link 👉 bit.ly/3ubiB4e
📘 Polish-Jewish Studies is an annual, peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing scholarly work on all aspects of the Polish-Jewish experience in the 20th century 👉 ipn.gov.pl/pl/publikacje/peri...
📌 IPN's educational series of short films Not Just the Ulmas presents well-researched examples of Poles who saved Jews under German occupation during World War II.
▶ Each episode focuses on a specific person, family or several families, whose members risked, and most often lost, their lives trying to protect their Jewish fellow citizens. The series was created by the IPN Spokesperson's Office in cooperation with researchers at the IPN’s Historical Research Office.
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