Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources ARTICLES

Perez, Judy. "Hidden Above." Claremont Courier 15. 6 (1999). Print. This source helped us to get to know the adult Inka. We used this article as the most valuable source of our quotations for the specific parts of the website. In the text we also found information that enriched our knowledge on the impact of Mevas act. Thanks to the text we also found out how Inka perceived the whole situation.

DOCUMENTS
Waansee Conference Materials. Auschwitz- Birkenau Archive. 20 January 1942. Print. Reading this document (proving that the group of German politicians openly planned a mass genocide called the final solution to the Jewish question) was like being close to the real history for us. This document helped us create the historical background of our project. Doctors Mengele experiments record. Auschwitz- Birkenau Archive. 29 June 1944. Print. We were able to understand the size of Nazi crimes after reading these documents. It was hard to believe that people were treated like experimental animals. Seeing the document which was signed by Josef Mengele, containing information about a cruel experiment was a shocking experience. Meldung. Auschwitz- Birkenau Archive. 13 June. 1944. Print. We understood the plight of the prisoners who were severely punished for each offense. The report contains an order to additional work on Sunday. It was written six months before the liberation of Auchswitz. Parts of the manuscript Rudolf Hoss. Auschwitz- Birkenau Archive. 21 January 1942 Print. We were shocked by watching the notes on the "final solution of the Jewish question." At first glance, they looked like part of the business plan. Behind the business plan we found the biggest crime of humanity.

Prisoners Cards - indiwidual. Auschwitz- Birkenau Archive. 18 September 1943, 2 April 1943, 16 November 1943, 7 March 1943, 10 February 1943. Print. We found these documents extremely important sources of knowledge. They (5 documents) show personal data of prisoners of Auschwitz concentration camp. The documents contain detailed information about each person (name, place and date of birth, place of residence, profession, nationality, race, wife's/husbands name and her/his race, children, education, size, shape of the face, the reason for the detention, political affiliation, and the number that a person received in Auschwitz) which made us realize the cruelty of the system. Secret message from Auschwitz. Auschwitz- Birkenau Archive. Around 1943. Print. We discovered that the heroic figure of Mewa was no exception. Even in such extreme conditions like staying in a concentration camp fighting was possible. Such a fight was also illegal transfer of information from the camp in the form of secret messages. Telegram about the escape of four Russians. Auschwitz- Birkenau Archive. 2 July 1943. Print. We learned that even in the toughest conditions unimaginable acts of courage and even bravado.were possible This information was like a light in the tunnel and it enriched our knowledge on the camp reality. The collective list of prisoners. Auschwitz- Birkenau Archive. 1943. Print. We understood the horror of the situation of Auschwitz prisoners when we were watching the prisoners files. After the establishment of such a file the prisoners got a number tattooed which was dehumanizing. The lists containing personal information helped us imagine the real people imprisoned there. The letter notifying the transport of 1,000 Jews from France. Auschwitz- Birkenau Archive. 23 September 1943. Print. Our knowledge on the situation of the Jews was increased by reading the shipping documents. People in these documents are treated as if they were animals. We found it is outrageous but it helped us understand the historical context better.

PHOTOGRAPHS
A portrait with mallows (1 photograph). Private archive of Mrs Mikusz. KedzierzynKozle, around. 1942-1944. Print. We were amazed to find such a beautiful potrait, showing the girls in the window under which mallows grew. We understood that Meva and her family created for Inka the world of a happy childhood. It was just as important as saving her from the ghetto. This photograph creates the background of our website.

Bombardowanie Drezna. Konflikty.wp.pl . Web. 13 March 2012, Pancernik "Schleswig Holstein" ostrzeliwuje Westerplatte. Strony.aster.pl/wrzesien/westerplatte. Web, 22 March 2002, II wojna wiatowa, Warszawa w gruzach, 1939. Portal. wiedzy.pl. Web 19 May 2013. The pictures used in the first part of the website, illustrating II WW, helped us to complete the information on the destructive impact of the war. Ghetto Czortkw (3 photographs). Private archive of Mrs Mikusz. KedzierzynKozle, probably 1930s. Print. We were able to understand what people felt passing the building of the ghetto in Czortkow during the war. Behind the walls of the building the tragedy of their Jewish neighbors was happening and the pictures made us imagine the cruelty of this situation. We learned how ghettos in small towns in the East looked like. The normality of the ghetto buildings against the terrible things which happened there during the II World War made us feel disgusted. We could imagine the suffering of Jews squeezed in one small place without permission to leave the area. The pictures were used in the Home and Ghetto in Czortkow section of the website. Dobrucki Family Home in Czortkw present view (1 photograph). Private archive of Mrs. Mikusz. Kedzierzyn-Kozle, around 2010. Print. We understood what Inka and Meva felt, when they visited the family home after years. We could imagine that coming back to such places awakes memories. The picture helped us to imagine how the surroundings of Czortkow looked like and how risky it was to hide Inka. We used this picture in Home and How all this started sections.

Inka and Meva at the gate of the ghetto (present picture). (1 photograph). Private archive of Mrs. Mikusz. Kedzierzyn-Kozle, around 2010. Print. This picture gave us an idea of how Inka escaped from the ghetto thanks to Meva, who was risking her own life. In the photograph we could see these two women many years after those events. This photograph helped us to understand how difficult it was to rescue Inka. We understood that the sacrifice of Meva was something very important. The picture was used in the Ghetto in Czortkow part. Little Inka, Inka with Meva, Mevas mother and friend (9 photographs). Private archive of Mrs. Mikusz. Kedzierzyn-Kozle, around 1942-1944. Print. We discovered that despite the cruelty of war, it was possible to create a happy world for a child. In the picture we could see Inka in the garden with two women loving her - Mewa and her mother. The photograph helped us imagine and re-create daily life during the war. These pictures illustrated the following parts of the website: Under the seagulls wings, How all this started, Everydays life. Reunion home (2 photographs). Private archive of Mrs. Mikusz. KedzierzynKozle, around 2010. Print. We understood thanks to these photographs that the war trauma united Inka and Meva forever. All the time they were keeping in touch, and when they met years later, they were still close. In the photo we can see that they are smiling and happy. We used this photo in the part of the website devoted to Inkas Life and section Home..

INTERVIEWS
Ferenc, Grazyna. Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum Guide. Personal interview. 04 April 2013.

We got to know how the extermination of Jews in Auschwitz proceeded. By visiting the museum and listening to our guide we got to know exactly the reality of the camp. We were able to empathize with the horror of the position of Inka and Meva's families who were threatened to go into such an awful place. The visit in the camp turned out to be very helpful when we created the Historical Context and the Holocaust section of our website, we used photographs taken there in this section of the project.

Kowalski, Szymon. Auschwitz-Birkenau Archive Guide. Personal interview. 04 April 2013.

Mr. Kowalski introduced us to the archive and drew attention to various documents signed by the executioners themselves and their victims. Reading them we felt the horror of those events. The documents were the testimony of truth which is sometimes hard to believe.We discovered how the Auschwitz archive works, how people find their ancestors, who was imprisoned in this concentration camp. Mikusz, Maria. Seagull/Meva. Personal interviews. December 2012 April 2013. This interview was the most important source of our project. Thanks to it we understood the reality in which Inka had to live and how her life looked like. Thanks to the conversations with Meva we realized what great things she and her family did. This interview was important, because we got to know the story directly from Meva. In her house we could feel like we were in Czortkw in the time when all this happened.
Rutkowska, Krystyna. Kedzierzyn-Kozle City Museum Guide. Personal interview. 04 April 2013.

In the museum we got to know the history of Jews in Silesia. It was an incentive for us to find more about the history of the Jews in our area. We also could see there are a lot of books related to the topic we can use when we need it in the future.

LETTER
Isabelle, Huber. Letter to Maria Mikusz. Private archive of Maria Mikusz. No date. Print. Thanks to the letter we could see how strong the relationship between Inka and Meva is despite so many years of separation. These two women are writing to each other, talking on the phone, exchanging photographs all the time, best friends for each other. Reading the letter we understood that the impact of what Meva had done was permanent, not limited to the time of the Holocaust.

Secondary Sources ARTICLES

Kapica, Tomasz. Ryzykowaa za najwysz cen. Gazeta Lokalna (303) 19 kwietnia 2005. In this article we found out about the meeting of Mrs Maria Mikusz and Inka at the airport in Los Angeles. News from the newspaper we used to write the School Projects part of the websie. Urynowicz, Marcin. Gross Aktion - Zagada Warszawskiego getta. Biuletyn Instytutu Pamici Narodowej 7 (2007): 105. Print. We found an article about the Nazi plans for the extermination of the Jews from the Warsaw ghetto.. A surprising fact for us was that dozens of Germans, the Jewish police (numbering about two thousand people) sent to death about two hundred and fifty thousand Jews.

BOOKS
Amiel, Irit. Double Landscape. Warsaw: Prszyski i S-ka, 2008. Print. We were able to understand the life after the Holocaust. These stories showed that people affected by the Shoah, dont want and cant forget what happened during World War II. We understood that the Shoah is still present in our world and thats why it is so important to talk about this topic and tell stories such as the story of Meva and Inka. Bezwiska, Jadwiga, Czech, Danuta. Owicim w oczach SS : Rudolf Hss, Pery Broad, Johann Paul Kremer. Wybr tekstw. Warszawa : Interpress, 1991. We learned about the annihilation of the Jews. The book contains memoirs and the diary of three SS men: first camp commandant Rudolf Hss, Pery Broad - NCO SS camp physician Gestapo and SS - Johann Paul Kremer. We were moved reading about the situation of the Jews in the hands of such terrible torturers. Thanks to the diaries we got to know the Nazi German ideology. Engelking, Barbara et all. Memory. History of Polish Jews before, during and after the Holocaust. Warsaw: Shalom Foundation, 2008. Print.

We discovered the Jewish history, religion, culture, and in particular, the history of the Holocaust in a very interesting way. We could see how all this looked like from the Jewish perspective and how the Holocaust influenced their life. This source helped us to create the Holocaust part on our website. Birenbaum, Halina. Hope dies last. Journey into the past. Oswiecim: The State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2001. Print. Thanks to this reading, we experienced what it feels like for a little girl to lose her whole family, childhood, joy of life because of the II world war. We understood the situation of Inka and the heroism of the Dobrucki family. Despite the cruelty and terror of the II World War, they could create almost normal life conditions for the girl.

Borowski, Tadeusz. Selection of short stories. Sara, 2009. Print. We were able to understand how people survived Auschwitz - the concentration camp. Borowski showed the mechanism of human adaptation to the conditions of the camp. In these inhuman conditions, there were cases of heroism. The heroes were the people who hadnt given up on compassion and were able to share with others. Borowski, Tadeusz. Farewell to Maria. Rzeszw: KAW, 1987. Print. Due to this first-person narrative stories we understood the cruelty of the perpetrators, and how life in the camp, and after the camp affected the author. This was a chance for us to feel like the people who lived in this time. Collective work. Owicim Hitlerowski obz masowej zagady. Warsaw: Interpress, 1977. Print. This source helped us to get to know many important facts, like the procedures of passing the decision to locate the camp at Auschwitz, historical overview and the life of prisoners.

Frank, Anne. Diary. Krakow: Wydawnictwo Znak, 2010. Print. We discovered the world of a child who was hiding just like Inka. The girl who spent long hours in secret and isolation, began to write letters to an imaginary friend Kitty. The book is evidence of the tragedy of many Jewish children. We understood how important it is to have a good friend who can help you in hard moments. Meva was such a friend for Inka and thats why she survived the terror of the Shoah. Gross, Jan Tomasz. Fear. Anti-Semitism in Poland after the war. History of moral collapse. Krakow: Znak, 2008. Print. From this book we could learn that the Jews who survived the war, provoked in the Poles "fear and hatred of returning from the dead. John Gross, a professor of history 7

at Princeton University showed Polish anti-Semitism which for many people in Poland was hard to accept. Grynberg, Henryk. Kaddish. Krakw: Publisher Mark, 1987. Print. The novel taught us that a man who survived the hard times can see more important things in life than success, wealth and prosperity. We could refer it to Inka nad Mevas story. Jonca, Karol. Crystal Night and Herschel Grynszpan's casus. Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego, 1998. Print. Reading this book, we knew a lot of information about Crystal Night in Poland. We understood what the consequences of the anti-Semitism were and why we should combat it.. Kertesz, Imre. Warsaw: The lost fate. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo A.B.W., 2002. Print. We learned the ways the prisoners used to survive. This book made us know what people could feel being in concentration camps. Thanks to that we can better understand what the final solution idea meant to people and how it influenced their whole life. Kielar, Wieslaw. Anus mundi. Wrocaw: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT, 2004. Print. We understood for whom it was possible to survive Auschwitz. This is the autobiographical novel of one of the first prisoners of Auschwitz. He survived five years until the liberation of the camp. Initially shocked by the reality of his camp, in the course of time he got used to the conditions of life that were becoming more and more inhuman. Kowalczyk, August. Chorus of barbed wire: Trilogy true. Pszczyna: Urzd Miejski, 1995. Print. We were able to understand the testimony of human cruelty, thoughtlessness, sadistic excitement caused of suffering of others. This is a trilogy in which the author described the time before the incarceration, then the reality of prison and finally escape from the camp and the time spent in hiding. Ligocka, Roma. Girl in the Red Coat. Krakw: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2011. Print. We found a history of a woman who survived the Holocaust during her childhood, just like Inka did. Thanks to this book we were more sensitive to the fate of children who were touched by the Holocaust. It made us think about Inkas fate and her situation, about how lucky she was and how the past influences her life. 8

Nalkowska, Sophia. Medallions. Warsaw: Publisher Reader, 1978. Print. We discovered the inhuman world before which Meva was defending Inka. "Medallions" is a collection of eight short stories that are based on facts. "Medallions" show the moral consequences of the terror of the war such as indifference to human injury and deformation of ethical attitudes. Nyiszli, Miklos. I was an assistant of Dr. Mengele. Oswiecim: Frap-Books, 2000. Print. We understood what fate Inka avoided thanks to the Dobruckis family. This is a shocking documentary about the Hungarian doctor who was a prisoner in Auschwitz. We understood the fate of prisoners in concentration camps. We got to know the powerlessness of people against the Nazis. Olczak-Ronikier, Joanna. Korczak. Proba biografii. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo A.W.B., 2011. Print. It is a story about the fate of Polish Jews. Through Korczaks fate we could see the Polish anti-Semitism, as well as the fate of the Jews during the Holocaust. Janusz Korczak is a famous Pole and Jew who in the time of the Shoah was fighting for the life of children and their dignity. Schmitt, Eric-Emmanuel. Krakow: Noah's Child. Znak, 2005. Print. This book showed us how important it is to preserve the identity of every person and how important it is to give attention to the human psyche. We discovered a story which is very similar to the story of Meva and Inka. In this book the main character saves a Jewish child. We got to know that its difficult to save someones life, but its even more difficult to save someones identity. Szmaglewska, Seweryna. Smoke over Birkenau. Warsaw: Ksika i Wiedza RSW Prasa-Ksika-Ruch, 1989. Print. We were surprised to find an extraordinary document, which describes the inhuman world in the convention of classical nineteenth century novel with a clash of cruel facts and beautiful descriptions of nature. We got to know that in spite of the terror of the war people tried to live their lives and be happy. Szczypiorski, Andrzej. The beginning. Pozna: Kantor Wydawniczy SAWW, 1986. Print. We discovered different human reactions to extreme situations that happened during the Second World War. We understood that Jews were an integral part of the Polish society. Their lives were closely connected with the fate of Poles. After the war, Jews who survived, emigrated just like Inka to other countries.

40th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto 1943 - 1980. Warsaw: Interpress, 1988. Print. This source helped us to understand the conditions in which Inka had to live. Thanks to witnesses accounts, we can better see the inhumane conditions in which the Warsaw Jews had to exist. But the most shocking things are images grouped according to the topics: resettlement, creating a closed area, life in the ghetto, living on the street, forced labor, children, death in the ghetto, displacement, bunkers and ruins. The album is a magnificent monument, it shows the heroism of the Polish Jews. Zywulska, Krystyna. I survived Auschwitz. Warsaw: Publishing House of breath, 2004. Print. The author showed us how she managed to escape and how Auschwitz affected her life. Thanks to that we got to know the relations between prisoners in Auschwitz and could imagine what it felt like to live in conditions like that. It was very helpful while visiting Auschwitz because we could better imagine the reality of everyday life in this concentration camp.

MOVIES
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. Dir. Mark Herman. Miramax films, 2008. This video shows the world through the eyes of eight years old children who lived in Germany during the war. He also made us understand that many Germans did not approve of Hitler's ideology and did not want to take part in the war. The Curageous Heart Of Irena Sendler. Dir. John Kent Harrison. Syrena films, 2008. We found a film in which the main character saved children during the war, just like Meva did. This film showed us that during the war there were people who wanted to help Jews. Watching this film we realized that unselfish help is something magic. In the Darkness. Dir. Agnieszka Holland. Studio Filmowe Zebra, 2011. Watching this video we understood the difficulties that Jews had to face during the Holocaust, and it showed us the attitude of both Polish and Ukrainian population to the Jews. La Vita e bella. Dir. Roberto Benigni. Miramax films, 1997. The movie showed us that love can give us the strength to stand up even to the enormous evil. A Jewish child who was sentenced to death could be saved thanks to his father's love which somehow reminded us the story of Meva and Inka.

The Pianist. Dir. Roman Polaski. Focus features, 2002. 10

We understood the situation of the Jews who were hiding. The film shows us how dramatic the situation of the Jews during the German occupation was and how hard it was to live in the ghetto.

POEMS
Sonimski, Antoni. Elegia miasteczek ydowskich. In: Sonimski, Antoni. Wybr poezji. Warszawa: Czytelnik, 1983, 84. We found out what the Jews felt like during the war. We could see the authors sorrow, suffering, and even anger, triggered by how people treated people. The author came from a Jewish family which made him experience deeply the death and annihilation of the Jews. Ficowski, Jerzy. Odczytanie popiow. Warsaw: Iskry, 1988. We were touched reading this interesting and inspiring collection of poems, connected with the topic of II World War and annihilation of Jewish population during the war.

WEBSITE
Bilewicz Michal, Wojcik Adrian. Anti-Semitism on the ruins of the shtetl. Academia. 18 April 2013. The scientific research confirmed us that contact with people, who, for example, had Jewish friends before the war, has significant impact on the reduction of their antiSemitism. We related it to the projects Meva took part in which young people got to know her story and they had the chance to revise their prejudices and stereotypical thinking.

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