 In the winter, the ground was covered with snow on the ground would show prints to and from the hiding place.A survivor Mrs. Grau Schnitzer, recalled how a young Julian Bilecki would jump from tree to tree in to deliver necessary items to his Jewish friends in order to avoid leaving tracks in the snow.After the Bilecki Jews were liberated on March 27, 1944 everyone went their separate ways, some immigrated to the US such as Julian's cousin Roman, and some stayed in Europe as Julian himself did.