1918: Born Maria Kawecka in Lewin near Lodz, Poland
November 17, 1942: Arrested in a tram
Deported to the Berlin-Wilhelmshagen transit camp
Forced labour in a cement factory in Reinickendorf and in the Technische Fabrik Klaus Gettwart in Mitte.
August 1944: Escape attempt and imprisonment in the Gestapo “labour education camp” Fehrbellin, subsequent return to the factory
Spring 1945: Evacuation of the factory to Klausdorf
April 28, 1945: Liberated by the Red Army
Return to Poland
After 1945: Marriage, birth of two sons, works as an assistant at the Technical University in Lodz
1997: Testimony, Berliner Geschichtswerkstatt collection
Visits to Berlin and Fehrbellin
2004: Video interview, Berliner Geschichtswerkstatt collection
Maria Andrzejewska died in Lodz, Poland in 2007.

Maria Andrzejewska