 Nedziratidzo dziriko dzehondo, akapiwa nzvimbo nedzimwe yunivhesiti zhinji - dzakabva kuWarsaw, Roma, Paris, London neNew York City - asi akaramba. Pashure pokupinda kweGermany neSoviet muPoland muna 1939, Vilnius yakatorwa neSoviet Union. Purofesa Pelczar akabetsera Polish Red Cross kugovera tarisiro yezviuru zvavapoteri. Muna 1941 mushure mekupinda kweGerman muSoviet Union, akaramba achibatsira vapoteri vakasiyana siyana, pakati pavo, maJuda aihwanda kubva kumaNazi, uye achishanda nemabasa ekurapa esangano rePoland rekuramba Armia Krajowa. Usiku, kubva musi wa16 kusvika musi wa17 Gunyana 1943, akasungwa neLithuanian Security Police Sauguma mumatanho ekudzorera akajairwa kurwisa Armia Krajowa, nhengo dzayo musi wa15 Gunyana dzakauraya mubatsiri weLithuania weGestapo, nhengo yemapurisa ekuchengetedzwa kweLithuania, Marianas Padabas. Pamitezo 100 yakasungwa yevakangwara vePoland, 10 vakasarudzwa nenzira isingazivikanwi ndokuparadzwa mangwanani aSeptember 17, vachiva vamwe vevanhu 100 000 vakafa muPonary. Purofesa Pelczar akanga ari pakati pavo, pamwe chete nomupurofesa waaishanda naye weyunivhesiti yaStefan Batory, Mieczysław Gutkowski, vakuru vakuru veuto rePoland vaviri, vakuru vakuru vatatu, gweta uye mainjiniya maviri. Zuva rakatevera racho murayiro wakabva kuGermany wakarayira kusunungurwa kwake - asi wakanga wanonoka. 