Resistance: A Woman's Fight Against Evil

Countess Maria Theresa Lubomirska was born in Lublin, Poland. Maria married a young Cavalry Officer, Lt. Jan Kurdyla in May 1939 in the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków. They spent the first five months of their marriage in idyllic bliss. Then the unspeakable happened as Germany invaded Poland in the twilight hours of September 1, 1939.Jan had to ride off to war; he was sent to the Gdansk region. He was never heard of again. Her first interaction with the Germans was when Colonel Wilhelm Vin Stras...