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Child Actress In Schindler’s List, Now 32, Is Helping Refugees Escape Ukraine
“Nobody, who have never seen this, can’t imagine this nightmare.”
Oliwia Dabrowska, who had played the “girl in red” in Schindler’s List, has carried on her symbol of hope legacy, working on the Polish/Ukrainian border to help refugees in need of humanitarian aid and assistance, including fundraising donations. Last month, the actress, 32, pleaded to her 22K followers on Instagram to donate money to Ukrainian civilians escaping war.
In her post, Oliwia shared a scene from Schindler’s List in black, white, and red color and wrote: “She was always the symbol of hope. Let her be it again.”
In another, she had been pictured by the Polish/Ukrainian border in Korczowa, 12 miles from where Russia had bombed Yavoriv. She also wrote: “We found a Ukrainian family (mother with two kids) who needed transport to very far city – near the German border. What about this family? Well, usually, we transport refugees in our area, but this time we couldn’t just say no. They were desperate to get to their sister. Those kids. My God, I can barely hold back my tears.”
Oliwia added: “I can’t tell you everything I saw there because I don’t have the right words in my mind. Nobody, who has never seen this, can’t imagine this nightmare in eyes of those people.”
She concluded it’s mainly why she’s asking for help and that the most crucial help is money as they would need to pay for the fuel, provide food, homes for refugees’ cosmetics, and stuff for the children. Oliwia has since provided details of a foreign account to directly donate to, which will be used to help refugees who need it.
She attested that HOPE is the one thing they also need the most, apart from money.
However, Oliwia was aged 3 when she acted in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film. It starred Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist and Nazi who tried to save his Jewish employees during WW2.
The film hinged on a true-life story and won an Academy Award. It followed the tale of how Oskar saved the lives of 1200 Jews during the Holocaust. On the other hand, the United Nations has said more than a 4.3milllion Ukrainians have left their homes for neighboring countries, with Poland having taken in 2,514,504 refugees in the six weeks since the invasion started.
