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Polish family who sheltered Jews in WWII commemorated in parliament

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Victoria Bieniek 23.03.2017 12:29
An exhibition dedicated to the Polish Ulma family, who were killed for sheltering Jews during WWII, has been opened in the Polish parliament.
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The exhibition, titled “The Samaritans of Markowa”, referring to the Ulma family’s home village in southeastern Poland, features photos and documents which show the family as well as the life of the Polish and Jewish communities in the area.

On 24 March 1944, German policemen shot eight Jews who were being sheltered by Józef and Wiktoria Ulma. Józef Ulma, his pregnant wife, and their six children were also killed.

In 1995, Israel's Yad Vashem institute posthumously named the Ulma family Righteous Among the Nations. In 2003, the Roman Catholic Church in Poland initiated a process for the family to be beatified.

A museum named after the family, dedicated to Poles who aided Jews during World War II, was opened in Markowa last year.

Over 6,600 ethnic Poles are commemorated in Israel's Garden of the Righteous in Jerusalem for aiding Jews during World War II.

The exhibition in the Polish parliament will remain open until March 27. (vb/pk)

Source: IAR

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