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Works from the 'Jeż Jerzy' and "Polska Mistrzem Polski" series by Skarżycki and Leśniak

Lea Sittin survived the Holocaust, having escaped from Warsaw with a group of young Jews to Lviv, which remained under Soviet control. There she met a veterinary studies graduate, Czesław, whom she soon married. The wedding took place in the Dominican church; before the ceremony, the priest prepared a forged baptismal certificate for Lea in the name of Maria Łopacińska. After their marriage, they settled near Lviv and later moved to Czesław's family in Nowy Sącz. Lea-Maria remained in Nowy Sącz after the untimely death of her husband in 1949. She did not share the story of her life with anyone, so that even for some of those close to her, her Jewish roots remained a mystery.

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