💔 Mariana and Yusef were deported to Siberia in 1940. In 1944, Yusef was sent to labor camp

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]The village of Stara Dąbrowa, Greater Poland.

[00:00:03]>> [music] >> Marianna and Józef Lizowski were deported to Siberia in 1940.

[00:00:10]In 1944, Józef was sent to another labor camp.

[00:00:15]On the platform [music] he said, "Marianna, I'm coming back.

[00:00:19]Wait for me."

[00:00:21]In 1947, [music] Marianna returned to Poland alone.

[00:00:26]Józef was listed as probably deceased.

[00:00:30]In May 1944, a letter came to Marianna.

[00:00:34]Stamp, >> [music] >> Vorkuta.

[00:00:37]Józef's handwriting.

[00:00:39]Marianna did not [music] open it.

[00:00:41]She was afraid it was a farewell.

[00:00:43]She hid it under the mattress.

[00:00:46]The next year came [music] a second letter, then a third, then a fourth.

[00:00:51]47 letters, all unopened.

[00:00:56]Marianna died in 2008. [music] The attic stayed closed until 2026, [music] when her great-granddaughter, Anna, opened an old trunk.

[00:01:08]The first letter, June 1944. [music] "To Marianna, I'm coming back.

[00:01:15]I am on my way [music] to Inta."

[00:01:18]The fourth, November 1944.

[00:01:22]"I can no longer get up.

[00:01:24]Your Józef." [music] The fifth, September 1945.

[00:01:30]>> [music] >> In another hand, "To Mrs. Marianna, Józef died on November 4th.

[00:01:37]He was holding a letter to you.

[00:01:39]Stefan >> [music] >> Malinski."

[00:01:42]The first note from great-grandmother Marianna, "Józef, I am not opening them because as long [music] as I do not open them, there is no room in me for death."