Radio Amateurs members of the Dobrzycki Klub Krotkofalowcow, SP3PDO will be active using special call sign SP80ZUM from Dobrzyca, Poland.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via SP3PDO.
Information from their QRZ page:
On March 24, 1944, in Markowa in Podkarpacie, Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, their children and the Jews they were hiding were murdered by the Germans as a result of a denunciation. This day was established by the President of the Republic of Poland as the National Day of Remembrance of Poles Saving Jews under German occupation.
During World War II, Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their six children lived in the Podkarpackie village of Markowa near Łańcut (Podkarpackie Voivodeship). They ran a farm - Józef specialized in growing vegetables and fruits, beekeeping and silkworm breeding, his passion was photography, and he was also socially involved. Wiktoria ran the house and took care of the children. They lived away from the farms of other villagers. There were about 20 Jewish families living in Markowa, and a total of about 1,000 Jews in the district. In the first half of 1942, most of them were deported and murdered in the Bełżec extermination center or shot on the spot. Since July, there have been "hunts" for those in hiding who tried to wait out the ongoing extermination operation in the region in forests and fields. They usually built shelters in bushes and ravines. Józef Ulma helped one of the families build such a hideout. Jews also sought shelter from the inhabitants of nearby villages. In Markowa, thanks to the help of several Polish families, a dozen or so Jews survived the war.
HIDEOUT WITH THE ULMA FAMILY
In the fall of 1942, the Jewish Goldman family from Łańcut came to the house of Józef and Wiktoria Ulma: Saul Goldman, who before the war was a cattle dealer known in the area, and his four sons with unknown names (in Łańcut they were called Szalls). The Ulmas gave them shelter in the attic. Soon, the two daughters and granddaughter of Chaim Goldman from Markowa joined those in hiding - Lea (Layca) Didner with a daughter of unknown name and Genia (Gołda) Grünfeld. Previously, the Goldmans were hiding and for a fee they were helped by Włodzimierz Leś, a blue policeman who lived near Łańcut. The Goldmans left him their property, but Leś stopped supporting them and did not want to give up the property. Then they went to Ulma. Eight people lived in the attic of the Ulma house for over a year. Men helped with tanning leather, sawing boards, and chopping firewood. Their work was even photographed by Ulma, as were many other scenes from the family's everyday life. It seemed that the hell of the occupation was somewhere far away. But it was an appearance - there was death all around. Everyone has seen her many times. The windows of the house overlooked the so-called trench, where Jews were shot.
CRIME IN MARKOWA
Just before dawn on March 24, 1944, German gendarmes and the Blue Police arrived in Markowa from Łańcut. The torturers were well informed. They knew why they were going to Markowa and who they were looking for there. They found Jews hiding in the attic. Shots rang out. Within a dozen or so minutes, all family members died at the hands of the gendarmes: Józef Ulma, his heavily pregnant wife Wiktoria, their six children and all the Jews in hiding. Włodzimierz Leś probably denounced Ulma, probably out of fear of losing the acquired property. "Look how Polish pigs are dying - who are hiding Jews," one of the perpetrators, Joseph Kokott, was said to have said during the execution. The bodies of the victims were buried by the village inhabitants on the orders of the Germans. One of Józef's brothers, Władysław Ulma, wrote in his account: A week after this accident, we placed the bodies of the murdered brother of the family in coffins and took them to the cemetery. The bodies of the Jews were taken by the Jewish team after the liberation.
COMMEMORATING THE FATE OF THE ULMA AND HIDDEN JEWS
On September 13, 1995, the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem posthumously honored Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with the title of Righteous Among the Nations. In 2016, a museum named after them was opened in Markowa, dedicated to all Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Since 2018, on the anniversary of the tragic events in Markowa - March 24 - by decision of the President of the Republic of Poland, the National Day of Remembrance of Poles saving Jews under German occupation is celebrated.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via SP3PDO.
Information from their QRZ page:
On March 24, 1944, in Markowa in Podkarpacie, Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, their children and the Jews they were hiding were murdered by the Germans as a result of a denunciation. This day was established by the President of the Republic of Poland as the National Day of Remembrance of Poles Saving Jews under German occupation.
During World War II, Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their six children lived in the Podkarpackie village of Markowa near Łańcut (Podkarpackie Voivodeship). They ran a farm - Józef specialized in growing vegetables and fruits, beekeeping and silkworm breeding, his passion was photography, and he was also socially involved. Wiktoria ran the house and took care of the children. They lived away from the farms of other villagers. There were about 20 Jewish families living in Markowa, and a total of about 1,000 Jews in the district. In the first half of 1942, most of them were deported and murdered in the Bełżec extermination center or shot on the spot. Since July, there have been "hunts" for those in hiding who tried to wait out the ongoing extermination operation in the region in forests and fields. They usually built shelters in bushes and ravines. Józef Ulma helped one of the families build such a hideout. Jews also sought shelter from the inhabitants of nearby villages. In Markowa, thanks to the help of several Polish families, a dozen or so Jews survived the war.
HIDEOUT WITH THE ULMA FAMILY
In the fall of 1942, the Jewish Goldman family from Łańcut came to the house of Józef and Wiktoria Ulma: Saul Goldman, who before the war was a cattle dealer known in the area, and his four sons with unknown names (in Łańcut they were called Szalls). The Ulmas gave them shelter in the attic. Soon, the two daughters and granddaughter of Chaim Goldman from Markowa joined those in hiding - Lea (Layca) Didner with a daughter of unknown name and Genia (Gołda) Grünfeld. Previously, the Goldmans were hiding and for a fee they were helped by Włodzimierz Leś, a blue policeman who lived near Łańcut. The Goldmans left him their property, but Leś stopped supporting them and did not want to give up the property. Then they went to Ulma. Eight people lived in the attic of the Ulma house for over a year. Men helped with tanning leather, sawing boards, and chopping firewood. Their work was even photographed by Ulma, as were many other scenes from the family's everyday life. It seemed that the hell of the occupation was somewhere far away. But it was an appearance - there was death all around. Everyone has seen her many times. The windows of the house overlooked the so-called trench, where Jews were shot.
CRIME IN MARKOWA
Just before dawn on March 24, 1944, German gendarmes and the Blue Police arrived in Markowa from Łańcut. The torturers were well informed. They knew why they were going to Markowa and who they were looking for there. They found Jews hiding in the attic. Shots rang out. Within a dozen or so minutes, all family members died at the hands of the gendarmes: Józef Ulma, his heavily pregnant wife Wiktoria, their six children and all the Jews in hiding. Włodzimierz Leś probably denounced Ulma, probably out of fear of losing the acquired property. "Look how Polish pigs are dying - who are hiding Jews," one of the perpetrators, Joseph Kokott, was said to have said during the execution. The bodies of the victims were buried by the village inhabitants on the orders of the Germans. One of Józef's brothers, Władysław Ulma, wrote in his account: A week after this accident, we placed the bodies of the murdered brother of the family in coffins and took them to the cemetery. The bodies of the Jews were taken by the Jewish team after the liberation.
COMMEMORATING THE FATE OF THE ULMA AND HIDDEN JEWS
On September 13, 1995, the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem posthumously honored Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with the title of Righteous Among the Nations. In 2016, a museum named after them was opened in Markowa, dedicated to all Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Since 2018, on the anniversary of the tragic events in Markowa - March 24 - by decision of the President of the Republic of Poland, the National Day of Remembrance of Poles saving Jews under German occupation is celebrated.