The Warsaw Uprising in Czeslawa house.

On August 1st, 1944, Czesława together with hiding Jews heard the news about the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising. It was an opportunity to save those people, it gave hope for the quick ending of the war. The last three years of occupation left the stigma on Czesława’s life. Continuous secrets, conspiracy, fear at last came to an end. WU Day explosion was a great holiday for all inhabitants of Warsaw. At last, after so many months the Jews could leave their hiding place and go outside. This sunny day was the beginning of a difficult and exhausting struggle with the Germans. Men from the apartments in Grzybowski Square were fighting with the enemy. GrandparentsTrefler left at the beginning of the uprising. In contrast, Zofia Gutherc and Janka Trefler formed the kitchen at the All Saints Church in Grzybowski Square, where during the Jewish population was more than in Polish. The church was bombed and the uprising ended quickly. After the fall all people chose different ways to go. Warsaw became a huge cemetery. Only a few decided to stay in the ruins of the city of death. Czesława went to Kozienice where her parents moved. The only thing she took with her from Warsaw, was a memorial of the First Holy Communion - a devotion book that became her talisman. She still has it. It survived the war and the whole uprising.