Holocaust Heroine's Descendants to Attend Film Viewing
A film at the Hartford Jewish Film Festival recounts how a Polish woman saved Jews during the Holocaust by hiding them in her home.
Franciszka Halamajowa acted as a Nazi sympathizer during World War II but actually hid 16 of her Jewish neighbors in a small Polish Town. They stayed in the hayloft over her pigsty and in a hole under the kitchen floor.
Tonight, Halamajowa’s grandchildren who all live in Connecticut, will attend the Hartford Jewish Film Festival at the Mandell JCC in West Hartford, for a screening of “No. 4 Street of Our Lady,” the film based on Franciszka’s remarkable story.
Two of her granddaughters, Grace Kucharzyk and Jolanta Staron play a role in the film.
Judy Maltz, the granddaughter of a man whose life Halamajowa saved, is one of the film’s co-directors and will attend the screening. The film features excerpts from a diary, her grandfather, Moshe Maltz kept.
The 14th annual film festival runs now through March 23. The screening of No. 4 Street of Our Lady will be held at 7 p.m.
Posted Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 - 3:36 PM EST
