At the start of the war, she joined the Underground National Movement Against Racism. She had never recoil from any assignment she was assign; Her belief against Nazism led to her determination to help.
Most of the time, she would look for places that accept Jews to hide away. Through her effoerts, she given a spot in the “Red Orchestra” intelligence network, and devised daring solutions to agents’ problems.
Later, the locations of Jewish children in local centers became known. Spaak and her comrades tried to transfer Jews to a safer location of hiding. Despite her efforts, she was later caught and killed by the Germans. Before her death, she gave a fellow comrade the list of Jews hiding, so the Jews escaped.
At the start of the war, she was arrested by the Germans. Four years later, she was released out of prison. During her life in prison, she had endured the tragic stories of the lives of Jews.
After her life in prison, she decided to help the Jews. She was in contact with the French Resistance, who provided fake documents for Sofka to give to the Jews.
Later, the Germans had managed to catch the Jews with fake documents, resulting in the Jews going to the concentration camp. Although she couldn’t save the Jews, she did save a Jewish baby.
She worked as a nanny for the Ledvich family, a Jewish family who lived in Minsk. After the war broke out, the family broke apart, leaving Antonia with two kids to take care of.
After a while, Antonia left her two kids, Rafail and Raya , at a orpanage so they would get the care they have been longing for. Antonia would visit the kids to give them food and care.
One day, Antonia went to the orpanage. Her son, Rafail, was nowhere to be found. Later, she found out that he had died from Germans drawing blood samples from him. So, she was left with Raya. During the winter, Raya suffered from malnutrition. Antonia decides to send Raya to her sister. After Antonia’s many years of living, her husband had suspected Raya was her daughter, but it turns out, she wasn’t.
She was a young teacher in Brussels that was apart of the ‘Nos Petits’, her staff of school. Soon, her and the staff of the school took part of the role to rescue the Jewish children.
She had often escorted the Jewish children in hidden places, always staying in touch with them. She also help develop a network for Jewish women to play the role as maids in in Belgian households.
Towards the end of the war, she became involved in Mouvement Royal Belge, which dealt with liberation. She also helped to return Jewish orphans to their families and helped Jews in need of special care.