Zhytomyr | 25 March – 12 April | Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University | 40, Velyka Berdychivska Str. | Admission is free<\/p>\n
We kindly invite you all to the opening of \u201cThe Samaritans of Markowa\u201d, an exhibition about the Ulmas – a Polish Family Murdered by Nazi Germans for Aiding Jews.<\/p>\n
During World War II, on 24 March 1944, the German police shot the Ulm family and two Jewish families – the Szalls and Goldmans.<\/p>\n
J\u00f3zef and Wiktoria Ulm lived in Markowa, a village about 300 km away from Warsaw. Joseph was a farmer, also interested in photography, gardening, silkworm breeding, machinery construction. He was also active in the youth and cooperative movements. Wiktoria took care of home and children: Sta\u015b, Basia, W\u0142adzio, Franu\u015b, Anto\u015b, Marysia. (…)<\/p>\n
In Markowa large part of the local Jewish community was murdered by Nazi Germans on the spot. Some escaped and hid in peasants\u2019 homes. 25 Jews were hiding in 6 huts. Two families – Szalls and Goldmans – were hidden by the Ulms. It was great heroism. In occupied Poland, in contrast to Western Europe, helping Jews was punishable with death.<\/p>\n
Punitive expedition of the German police appeared in Markowa on 24 March 1944. All household members, including the hidden Jews were shot.<\/p>\n
In 1995 J\u00f3zef and Wiktoria were included to the Righteous Among the Nations. In 2003 the Catholic Church began the beatification process of the Ulm family. In 2004 a monument was unveiled. 2016 marks the opening of the museum devoted to Poles saving Jews located in Markowa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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