Today Janina Pietrasiak and Maria Lopuszanska live like sisters. They meet daily and help each other out. They both live alone and are not affluent. Maria’s parents were anti-Nazi underground activists' and sheltered Janina and her mother. When Janina’s mother died of tuberculosis, she clung desperately to her new family. She was baptized to become part of the family to avoid being detected and killed by the Nazis and even gave up the chance to live with an uncle in the United States. During the Warsaw Uprising, the girls had to fend for themselves as Maria's father was sick and her mother was demonstrating against the Nazis. Janina lost both parents and Maria was like her mother. Her only sibling committed suicide. Both suffered from cancer. Janina is separated while Janina is a widow. Janina contacted the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalemto recognise Maria and her parents for saving her during WWI and the cash reward can improve Maria’s financial situation.

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