girl who made the horses smile

Maria Szyszko was born in Wawsaw in 1925. By the end of winter 1940 Marysia (Maria) and he family were forced to move into the Warsaw ghetto. Pani Rytlewska organised papers from her parish priest in the name of Urszula Rytlewska, child of hers who had died in infancy, and this became her new identity. With her new identity, Maysia was able to enrol in a home economics course and find suitable work