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Franciszka Żurad with her son Jan - murdered for helping Jews
During World War II, Jan Żurad with his wife Elżbieta (née Rataj), son Stanisław (10) and mother Franciszka lived in the hamlet of Brzezany, which belonged to the village of Wiercany. During the German occupation, a man of Jewish origin called Kurek was hiding in the Żurad family’s barn. It is not known, however, whether this was his surn...
Józef Kubik - murdered for helping Jews
Jozef Kubik, like two other Jozefs: Mech and Ochał, were unlucky to live near the forest. „If they live by the forest, they certainly help the Jews, who are hiding there,” the Germans concluded. „And if they help them, there must be a punishment according to the law.” – they reasoned. And so it was only on the basi...