INTERVIEWEE’S NAME: Anna Stupnicka-Bando INTERVIEWEE’S BIOGRAPHY AND DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THEMES: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... INTERVIEW BY: Klara Jackl, Judyta Pawlak RECORDING: Przemysław Jaczewski DATE OF RECORDING: February 13, 2014 COPYRIGHT TO THE RECORDING: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews MOST IMPORTANT THEMES: 00:10:00 – Autobiographical data, parents, childhood in Warsaw, mother’s education and work, stay with the Felician Sisters. 00:06:23 – Apartment before the war, schooling, special school run by mother, housekeepers, houses in Żoliborz, contemporary meetings with film crews. English: 00:15:05 – Education, official studies and clandestine classes during the occupation. 00:19:09 – Outbreak of the war, bombing of Warsaw, evacuation to Romania, return to Poland. 00:22:09 – Road through Volhynia, reaching Brest. 00:27:36 – Schooling in Brest, attempts to return to Poland, return to Warsaw, meeting the Germans, hardships of the crossing to Poland. 00:38:44 – Return to Warsaw, story of pre-war escape from school. 00:45:36 – Mother's involvement in the underground, work in the Red Cross, work in the ghetto, feeding the Jewish Śledź family, visits to the ghetto and smuggling food, attitude of mother and attitude of young people during the occupation. English: 00:56:20 – Memories of visits to the ghetto, living conditions in the ghetto, mother's work in the ghetto, tablecloth as a thank-you for help, donating the tablecloth to the POLIN Museum. 01:10:20 – Liliana Alter being led out of the ghetto, her father Hilary Alter, Liliana saying goodbye to her father, arriving with Liliana to Żoliborz, 01:25:30 – Liliana's new identity, appearance and the threat of recognition, everyday life during the period of hiding the girl. 01:31:25 – Leaving the apartment, holidays in Michalin, food during the occupation, mother's work, household duties, teaching during the occupation. 01:40:41 – Dangers associated with hiding Liliana, hiding on the roof from the German raid, neighbor Engel, hiding Liliana in the “pantry”, residents of Żoliborz and hiding Jews in the district, visits by Dr. Mikołaj Borenstein. English: 01:54:44 – Mother's participation in the underground, methods of making false documents, underground forgers. 01:59:00 – Helping Jews, Mikołaj Borenstein, Ryszard Grynberg, hiding Ryszard Grynberg in an apartment on Złota Street, visits by Róża Barlińska, the fate of his aunt's family and their contacts with the Jews in hiding. 02:11:03 – Household duties before the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, outbreak of the uprising and organisation of a first-aid station on Mickiewicza Street, life in basements, bombings. 02:18:09 – Insurgent first-aid station, AK Group "Żywiciel" in the last days of the uprising, death of his uncle's daughter, last days of the uprising, deportation from Warsaw to the camp in Pruszków. Discover the POLIN Museum's oral history collection: https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/historia-mow... Subscribe to our channel: / @historiamowionapolin Watch the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews channels: POLIN (announcements and reports from events at the Museum): / mhzp2013 Virtual Shtetl (history and culture of Polish Jews): / wirtualneshtetl Polish Righteous (stories of help provided to Jews during the Holocaust): / polscysprawiedliwi Contact for interview sharing: [email protected] #PolinMuseum #SpokenHistory #PolishRighteous #PolesSavingJews #Ghetto #Warsaw #Holocaust #WorldWarII