Eugenia Bednarz (née Kunowska) was born on 24 June 1924 in the village of Karlusin (Mazowieckie Voivodeship). Daughter of Antoni and Matylda. During World War II she lived in Sokołów Podlaski (Mazowieckie Voivodeship). She handed over her dead sister’s documents to a woman of Jewish nationality, Hanna Fleurant (née Tchórzówna).
Eugenia Bednarz was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in 1991.