Honor of Humanity: The Marisia Szul Story

In 1942 in a village near Zborow, Poland, a young Polish girl named Marisia Szul made a heroic decision. At the age of fourteen years, she risked death for herself and her village by hiding Jews in her family's barn. Among those she hid in a shallow bunker were a Jewish woman, Golda, her infant son, Martin, her daughter, Frieda, and their friend, Mania. For two years, Marisia was their sole protector and provider. By 1944, the Germans suspected Marisia of hiding Jews and arrested her. She was brutally beaten and tortured, yet she never revealed anything, repeating that she knew nothing. Through the help of one of the guards, she escaped and returned to her village, running barefoot for seventy miles to find that her wards were safe. When asked how she found the courage to save others, Marisia simply replied: "I do what I could."

For more information: http://www.avenueoftherighteous-illinois.org/polishnlu.html

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[mitch6992]

Hi my name is Marisia and i am very privileged to have this name ,I found this lady is very brave,It is a horrable story,and very true, what those people's familys were destroyed over one littles man.

[gumdocri]

Well worth watching...and passing it along.

[DrJoe1818]

Thanks to Marisia, my 4 sons exist! She saved my mother-in-law from certain death. She is an angel!!