Raised Roman Catholic, to my family this meant I must believe in Jesus, go to confession every Saturday, attend Sunday Mass, and never, ever, miss Catechism instructions. At a very young age, an only child from a brief WWII marriage, it did not take long to realize my mother, grandmothe...
My relatives in the wilderness villages of Niwiska and Trzesn in southeastern Poland were at mass on Sunday, Sept 3rd, when German gunfire exploded around the peaceful church while planes dropped their bombs. Continue reading → War and Resistance in the Wilderness: A Novel of WWII Poland- a ...