Volunteers in Markowa

  • 3 November 2019
Wolontariusze Kruczka zwiedzali dom rodzinny rodziny Ulmów,
1024 768 I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Leona Kruczkowskiego w Tychach

VOLUNTEERS FROM KRUCZEK IN THE MUSEUM OF POLES SAVING JEWS DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE MUSEUM OF THE ULMA FAMILY IN MARKOWA

On October 31, the eve of All Saints’ Day, a group of volunteers from KRUCZEK took part in an educational trip organized by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim. The purpose of the trip was to visit the Museum of Poles Saving Jews during World War II, opened three years ago, named after the Ulma Family in Markowa. The Museum, on the one hand, refers to the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem, and on the other hand, it resembles a country cottage, behind which there is an orchard. Its aim is to commemorate all the Poles who contributed to the rescue of our elder brothers in the faith during the Holocaust. The plaques in the Orchard of Remembrance show places whose inhabitants were honored with the Medal of the Righteous Among the Nations. We found such places here as Mikołów, Bujaków or Borowa Wieś. In the courtyard of the Museum there are plaques with the names of Poles from Podkarpacie who gave their lives for helping Jews. Among them is the Ulma family from Markowa: Wiktoria and Józef and their six children, who were murdered on March 24, 1944 for hiding an eight-person group of Jews. Volunteers lit candles at the Monument to the Ulma Family and on their grave. In connection with the educational activity of the Museum, the volunteers took part in an interesting workshop “Markowa – Holocaust Remembrance Trail”, which was conducted by the Museum employees. We also learned that in 1937 our Patron Leon Kruczkowski stayed in Markowa on the occasion of the premiere of “Kordian i cham”.