The Risk of Survival, The Rescue of the Jews by the Poles and the Tragic Consequences for the Ulma Family from Markowa, by Mateusz Szpytma, Warsaw 2009, 116 pages

Mateusz Szpytma proposed a synthetic and brief depiction of the situation in which the Poles and the Jews found themselves in the wake of the German invasion. He characterised the complicated Polish-Jewish relations during that period, focusing on the help given by the Poles to their co-citizens of Jewish descent. The author considered the efforts of the Polish Underground State made for the sake of rescuing the Jews, especially the 'Żegota' Council for Aid to Jews.

The author devoted most of his attention to the Jews in the locality of Markowa, where at least 25 Jews were hiding (17 survived the occupation) as well as to the events of 24 March 1944, when 16 persons - Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, their six young children, and eight members of the Szall and Goldman families - were shot.