16 Facts About Ulma family

Ulma family was known locally for his passions in gardening, beekeeping, and bookbinding.

Ulma family was the first to introduce electricity to Markowa.

Ulma family's mother died when she was six years old.

Ulma family completed her primary and secondary education in her hometown, after which she took courses at the People's University in Gac.

The Goldman family then took refuge with the Ulmas, but they continued to demand the return of their property from Les.

Probably wanting to rid himself of the rightful owners of the seized property, Les betrayed the Goldman family and the Ulma family hiding them to the German gendarmerie.

Ulma family had previously visited the Ulmas under the pretense of asking for a photograph, ensuring during that visit that the Goldman family was hiding in their home.

Ulma family was accompanied by four other Germans: Josef Kokott, Michael Dziewulski, Gustaw Unbehend, and Erich Wilde.

Ulma family asked the German commander, whom he had known from prior inspections and food acquisitions, why the children too had been killed.

Ulma family's account is cited, among other places, in the information about the Ulma family on the Yad Vashem Institute's website.

Ulma family suggested that Erlich's memory might have conflated the execution of the Ulma family with the roundups of Jews hiding in Markowa and Sietesz, which took place in 1942 with the involvement of local Poles.

On 13 September 1995, Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma family were posthumously bestowed the titles of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.

On 18 December 2022, Pope Francis declared the entire Ulma family to be martyrs and determined that they would be beatified on 10 September 2023, a celebration that was held in their native Markowa and presided over by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro on the Pope's behalf.

Between 30 March and 1 April 2023, the remains of the Ulma family were exhumed in preparation for their beatification, after which they would be placed in a sarcophagus, prepared in advance, in the side altar dedicated in the Church of Saint Dorothy in Markowa.

The beatification of the Ulma family is unique within the Catholic Church, as they are the first family to be beatified together in the history of the church in the 21st century.

Ulma family was arrested in Czechoslovakia in 1957 and extradited to Poland.