40 Miles From Auschwitz, Poland’s Jewish Community Is Beginning to Thrive

Until she was 13, Marcjanna Kubala thought she was Christian, like nearly every Polish citizen. Then one day after school, she searched her name on Google and found her family tree. Her great-grandmother’s family name didn’t sound Polish, she thought. “Were they German?” Kubala asked her mother. “No,” she replied. “They were Jewish.”

Surprised and fascinated, Kubala, who lives in Krakow, began a journey of rediscovering her identity.

Until she was 13, Marcjanna Kubala thought she was Christian, like nearly every Polish citizen. Then one day after school, she searched her name on Google and found her family tree. Her great-grandmother’s family name didn’t sound Polish, she thought. “Were they German?” Kubala asked her mother. “No,” she replied. “They were Jewish.” Surprised and fascinated, Kubala, who lives in Krakow, began a journey of rediscovering her identity.