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Anastasia Bitowtowa
Anastasia Bitowtowa was born in 1884. At the beginning of the German occupation in 1939, she lived in Vilnius (Lithuania). She sheltered the Jewish woman Masha Siemiatycka and her daughter Ruth. Anastasia passed away in 1985. Anastasia Bitowtowa was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in 2010.
Helena Biedrzycka with daughter Halina
Helena Biedrzycka (née Pawłowska) lived in Vilnius during World War II. Mother of Danuta and Halina (born in 1924). At the turn of 1940/41, she sheltered two Jewish girls in her flat with the help of her daughter Halina for a period of several months.
Józef and Anna Bawszyc
During World War II, Józef and Anna (née Nowicka) Bawszyc lived in Vilnius. In their flat, they sheltered a woman of Jewish origin, Edebon, together with her daughter Bela/Nela. Józef passed away in 1975, Anna passed away in 1983.
Lucyna Bauer
Lucyna Bauer (née Antonowicz) was born in 1927, daughter of Wincenty and Jadwiga (née Pietkiewicz). During World War II, she lived in Vilnius (Lithuania). She helped to hide a pre-war Jewish clerk, Bronisława Malberg. Lucyna Bauer was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations title in 2008.
Jan and Zofia Bartoszewicz
Jan Bartoszewicz lived in Vilnius (Lithuania) during World War II. Husband of Zofia (née Janowa). Together with his wife he hid and took care of a Jew, Abraham Sutzkever, who had escaped from the Vilnius ghetto. Jan and Zofia Bartoszewicz were awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations in 1982.
Wincenty and Wiktoria Balul with their sons Franciszek and Antoni
Wincenty Balul lived with his family in Vilnius (Lithuania) during World War II. Husband of Wiktoria, father of Franciszek and Antoni. The Balul family was sheltering the Jewish Flechtman family. The Balul family was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in 1994
Czesław Balsewicz
Czesław Balsewicz lived in Vilnius, Lithuania, during World War II. He helped the Jewish Shalit family. Czesław Balsewicz was awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations in 1994.
Aniela Bajewska
Aniela Bajewska (née Winkowska) lived in Vilnius (Lithuania) during World War II. She hid Jews and provided them with basic necessities of life. Aniela Bajewska was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in 2016.
Mrs Bajewska
Mrs Bajewska lived in Vilnius during the Second World War. She hid 7 Jewish women.
Wincenty and Jadwiga Antonowicz
Wincenty Antonowicz was born on 1 May 1891. During World War II he lived in Vilnius, Lithuania. Jadwiga’s husband, Lucyna’s father. Together with his family, he helped a Jewish woman, Joanna Malberg. Wincenty and Jadwiga were awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations in 1997.
Kazimierz and Maria Czaplinski with their children
Kazimierz and Maria Czapliński, together with their children Andrzej and Zuzanna (married name Adamowicz), lived in Vilnius on Witoldowa Street. In the autumn of 1941, Kazimierz was approached by the family’s former neighbour, a Jewish woman called Fruma Błoch, who asked them to hide her. When the Vilnius ghetto was established in 1941, ...
Józef i Julia Przygodzcy
Józef i Julia Przygodzcy w czasie okupacji mieszkali w Wilnie przy ulicy Świdrygajła 28. Józef Przygodzki był właścicielem zakładu ślusarskiego, przekształconego w 1939 roku przez Sowietów w spółdzielnię. Po wstąpieniu Niemców do Wilna, zakład został przez nich przejęty, Józefa zaś pozostawiono na stanowisku kierowniczym. Małżeństwo Przygodzkic...
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Historia wydarzyła się w Wilnie w 1941 r. Opowieść Czesława Szymkiewicza o tym jak jego dziadkowie, narażając własne życie, uratowali żydowskiego chłopca, swojego sąsiada. Posłuchaj o okolicznościach tego zdarzenia i sprycie państwa Tatol, dzięki któremu chłopiec przeżył czas zagłady.
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