Rescuer and rescued reunion aids Polish talks on Shoah claims
Schmetterling and Czekaj had not seen each other since 1944, when Soviet troops liberated Kopyczynce from the Nazis.
\”I am here today only because she and her family risked everything to save us,\” Schmetterling told the crowd, looking at Czekaj. \”Now, to see her here in Poland, is more than I could have imagined.\”