A documentary film about the Polish midwife who helped give birth to three thousand babies in Auschwitz will be shown in the cinema hall of the Polish Institute in Budapest, for the first time in Hungary.
The screening will be held on the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War. The midwife, photo. Krzysztof Mordak
The protagonist of the film is the heroine of occupied Poland - Stanisława Leszczyńska. The woman, who worked as a midwife before the war, was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 in the Łódź ghetto for helping the Jews, then deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp with her three children. There he goes through one of the greatest trials of his life. As a midwife, she helps 3,000 newborns into the world in inhumane conditions, on the verge of physical and mental exhaustion. Not a single mother or baby lost their life during his service.
What was the secret of this exceptional woman? Where did you get your strength from? How is it possible that even in the shadow of death he did not lose faith in his vocation? Maria Stachurska seeks answers to these questions . Through reminiscences and archival materials, Michał Lorenc , the portrait of the Polish midwife whose sense of duty proved to be stronger than Dr. Mengele's
The midwife
Polish documentary, 54 minutes, 2020
Direction/screenplay: Maria Stachurska
Date: September 1, 2021 (Wednesday), 6:00 p.m
Location: Polish Institute, cinema – 1065 Budapest, Nagymező u. 15.
