Helena Pawluk née Błeszyńska worked for the Central Welfare Council – a charity that during WWII helped the prisoners of #Majdanek. When she learned that her family’s doctor & friend – a Polish Jew named Pryłucki – was detained in the camp, she helped him escape. #WomenofMajdanek 
Pryłucki & Helena were soon caught by the Germans. Helena became an enemy of the Reich and a prisoner of #Majdanek herself, with a temporarily delayed death sentence for helping a Jew. She miraculously survived. Read the full story in our #Varia magazine: bit.ly/3g1fAwd
Help us commemorate the 80th anniversary of establishing the women's concentration camp at #Majdanek. The first females were deported to KL Lublin in October 1942 and were placed in only partially constructed barracks at field V. Discover their stories through #WomenofMajdanek
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