Piotrków Trybunalski
Krystyna Balińska
During World War II Krystyna Balińska lived in Piotrków Trybunalski (Łódzkie Province). Together with her cousins, she took care of an approximately 2-year-old Jewish girl. The women found the crying child abandoned in a corridor and took her in. The little girl survived the war.
Helena Michałowicz from Piotrków Trybunalski
Helena Michałowicz from family Piotrowska was born on October 5th, 1908 in Piotrków Trybunalski. During German occupation she worked in the tax office, which was located on the territory of the so-called small ghetto. Helena joined the Home Army and became a liaison under the pseudonym „Krystyna”. When it became known that she had t...
Eugeniusz and Irena Żukowscy from Piotrków Trybunalski
During the German occupation Eugeniusz Żukowski lived with his wife and son in Piotrków Trybunalski. In the second half of 1942 he got a job at the power plant. This profession gave him the right to enter the ghetto at any time. Because of this, the man, a member of the AK (national army), could conduct surveillance in the ghetto and help the J...